Posted by P. Richard Hansen on July 19, 1999 at 17:49:11:

In Reply to: Re: Exactly my point! posted by John Tieso on July 19, 1999 at 14:40:48:

John,

The fact that you do not understand my contribution is the very reason for why I have one.

I have stated that knowledge cannot be put on paper, but I have never stated that knowledge cannot be shared, right?.

My contribution to this debate is the following:

Forget about working on the socalled knowledge management systems based on information technology.
The purpose of these systems are to store "knowledge" and are a mere wish from management to get a fealing of still being in control.
Gorgias, Plato and Protagoras claimed thousands of years ago that this is not possible, and in spite of all the fine technology it still isnt.

Instead you should concentrate on bringing knowlegeable people together. Give them the possibility to talk to each other and get to know each others points of view and perceptions in life.
All my empirical casestudies show that this is what is the most important thing in the creation and sharing of meanings and perspectives.

You cannot interprete information from a person without knowing this persons perspectives or aims.
Socialising helps you build that understanding, not IT.

Also the "knowledge" taht is stored in these systems are outdated the minute you press return, and reduced to a mere contribution of meanings somebody had at the moment it was created.
Some of my collegues talk of the term "Trust" or even "High trust" in trying to explain our ways of interpreting information we are given.

Knowledge is very dynamic and it changes both individually and socially every instant.
History tells us what once happened and what somebody did and what came ut of it, and we can reflect on that, but it gives us no garanties that it will ever happen again or that the same action will bring the same result.

I hope that I have enligthend you on my perspectives and meanings allthough this media is in no way the best way to do so.
Wether you consider it "knowledge" or just rubbish is up to your own personal judgement, and will depend on the way you see things and how they serve you best.

If it changes the way you, I or we think, then we have constructed new knowledge together that only you and I share, and we will never be able to see things the way we did before.

Best regards
Richard

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Follow Ups:

• Re: Exactly my point! John Bardos 16:07:39 7/24/99 (0)
• Beyond Yo, Po or Don't Know Martyn R Jones 23:06:58 7/19/99 (0)
• Re: Exactly my point! John Tieso 20:47:08 7/19/99 (2)
  • Re: Exactly my point! P. Richard Hansen 07:40:53 7/20/99 (1)
    • K-Management Rob Cayzer 11:12:06 7/20/99 (0)

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