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Posted by Rob Patzig on January 29, 1998 at 13:28:37:
In Reply to: Re: Knowledge,information,data posted by Tom Sudman on January 22, 1998 at 15:20:05:
Tom,
I've thought a lot about what you wrote, and I want to take one last
stab at this. Let me use a somewhat stange example as a way of trying to
make my point.Several years ago a family member passed away and, in taking stock of
her possesions, we found an old print in her closet. No one thought anything
of it, but I remembered seeing it in the guest bedroom where I used to
spend my summer vacations and decided to keep it solely for sentimental
reasons. If I hadn't, it would have been thrown out. Not long ago, we moved
and I rediscovered the print in the back of some boxes. I took it out of
its frame for the first time and noticed that the paper was very old. In
fact it was real vellum. It turns out that what we thought was worthless
was in fact a print made in the 16th century and was quite valuable. Now,
the value of that print before and after I recognized it was constant.
Nothing changed about the print but my perception of it and my newfound
ability to profit from it. Can't intellectual capital exist in the skillsets
of employees, in databases, call centers, and technology and etc. that
simply is invisible to the organization. If we don't see it and recognize
it's value or even its existence, that doesn't mean it's not there.I'm really interested in your take on this. I don't think there's any
better way to learn than through a difference of opinion. Is this a great
site or what (Thank you, Yogesh)?