Gray Southon writes in LO20305:
>I am just taking up an academic position in knowledge management.
>
>I am interested in your ideas as to what contribution that academics can
>best make to the field.
The first question I'd pose is, "what is knowledge?" If that interests
you, I suggest learning about the relationship between "left-brain" and
"right-brain" functions. Nancy Rosanoff and others have written about
intuition. My personal thesis is that we don't know anything logically or
rationally; all true knowing is intuitive (right brain), although with a
lot of input from data and reason (left brain). I think it's important to
learn to shrink the ego (the part that manages left-brain functions) and
emphasize the subconscious. I've found that when the ego gets out of the
way the rest of the mind can do amazing things with its storehouse of
information. If this is of interest, I can share my own process for
letting go of conscious control and opening up to intuitive knowing.
Intuitively,
Dave
* David E. Birren
Organizational Consultant, Wisconsin DNR
(608) 267-2442
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