John Dentico said:
> I mean knowledge is perishable, what is needed is the
> ability to create, recreate, and apply learning.
> I mean really, is the knowledge we use today going to
> be the same knowledge we need six months from now ...
I'm not willing to go out on the same limb and say that knowledge is
perishable. Some knowledge is perishable, and I'm sure you are referring
to that type ... things like competitor's sales tactics, stakeholders'
concerns in implementing a particular policy, etc. But some knowledge
endures, and forms the basis of our ability to learn. One of the things I
have been working on is a process (note that though
Anyway, John, the point is there is knowledge that is perishable,
Reading both of these I was interested to work out what you consider to be
the difference between information and knowledge. It seems to me that what
you mean by 'perishable knowledge' is really information and that this is
where much confusion is arising. If we confuse the two (and I believe much
technology motivated KM is doing this) we end up with a lot more "stuff"
for want of a better word but, I would contest, not more knowledge.
In studies I am currently undertaking it is this confusion of terminology
that is creating a lot of problems for organisational learning. They end
up with more but not useful information and apparently no system for
distilling it.
Looking forward to comments
debbie
[Host's Note: One of Debbie's paragraphs was incomplete as received here.]
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