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Bruce LaDuke
knowledgemachine at hotmail.com
Sat Jun 17 06:56:55 IST 2006
Aletha/Satish,
This next blog post takes the same concept to what I see as the next level
of this discussion. What we call Business Intelligence today, would be
greatly empowered if it were seen more in the context of 'Question
Management' because this is the core of the process that undergirds ALL of
these activities (problem solving, predictive analytics, forecasting,
optimization etc). The process is one and is common to ALL types of
knowledge advance across all disciplines and specialties. Here's a quick
primer at my blog for 'Question Management:'
http://www.hyperadvance.com/blog01/index.php?blog=1
In my opinion, understanding the common process behind the
question/definition cycle is the next generation of BI and simultaneously
holds a needed correction in the current knowledge management paradigm
(right now knowledge management and question management are often confused).
This correction also includes a new advanced understanding of Polanyi's
view of tacit knowledge, which is not entirely accurate. You have to view
tacit knowledge in the context of the question to truly understand it and to
leverage it appropriately. Polanyi missed this piece, so the whole theory
is incomplete.
Basically, the next big leap in knowledge management will be in
understanding the question, not in understanding knowledge itself. The
question is the road to 'newness.'
Hope you all find these things interesting.
Kind Regards,
Bruce LaDuke
Managing Director
Instant Innovation, LLC
Indianapolis, IN
knowledgemachine at hotmail.com
http://www.instantinnovation.com
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From: "Satish, Mariyappagoudar (IE10)"
<Satish.Mariyappagoudar at honeywell.com>
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Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 11:21:31 +0530
Hi Aletha,
I completely agree with Bruce's view/explanation of intelligence..... I
remember a quote but not able to recollect who quoted nor able to write as
it is, it's something like:
"Knowledge is abstract, information is specific".
Consider a scenario of that a BI person has to come out with findings of
business proposition of a new product in 2 years time and it's comparative
situation with that of a competitors similar product. Let's assume the BI
person approaches the KM system for help. Most often he might not get what
he wants cause it would not be available in the form he require. The KM
would help him in providing reports, data, contact, referral details or
anything that might be of some significance to his requirement.
Based on what has provided he will extract specific information such as past
learning's, future prospects, forecasts, estimates, and other details that
he can find useful for his research. These coupled with details from other
sources outside of KM and his own analytic ability, intelligence, his own
ideas, priori knowledge he will come out with a report or document that
contain his findings and this is knowledge creation. This created knowledge
can enable in decision making process.
He is essentially creating this 'newness' out of past knowledge,
intelligence and data/information. Something similar to what Bruce has
explanied.
This scenario is a typical of what BI does along with others, like I had
mentioned earlier e.g., predictive analytics, forecasting, optimization
etc...and hence are solution providers. Domains like BI or any other
analytics are knowledge creators.
Regards,
Satish
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[mailto:km-forum-bounces at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in]On Behalf Of Aletha Tavares
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 6:59 PM
To: Global discussion forum for Knowledge Management
Subject: RE: [KM-Forum] Welcome to the "KM-Forum" mailing list
Hi,
With regards to definitions as Bruce has put it:
"In the simplest terms, intelligence is what you know now and knowledge
creation is the creation of what you don't know. So then, the essence of
knowledge creation is 'newness.'"
& as what Satish has said:
" BI....offer solutions for providing the right information at the right
time so as to enable decision making process..... BI essentially drives the
knowledge creation process
Well here what i can surmise is that Bruce says that knowledge creation
comes in before Intelligence:one moves from not knowing ( since knowledge
creation is newness) to knowing, what you know
whereas Satish says just the opposite: BI/Intelligence is the
basis/stimulator/driver to knowledge creation
Now the chicken or the egg?
or do you start with the assumption about "a priori" knowledge, ie. people
already have a set of ideas/ knowledge and they find this deficit at times
when new situations arise and hence look for new information/answers that
will satisfy them which in turn then leads to a new set of information, etc
Satish, a question how can BI offer solutions: how have these solutions been
developed? where has the right information come from?
I would tend to lean towards Bruce's explanation of Intelligence, I do know
something, this something is not an end in itself, but raises more
questions, problems, i seek answers, i need to make a decision, i look for
solutions, search for them find many but only one that suits/answers my
problem/situation, use it to enable my decision and thus add to my knowledge
repertoire, the newness.
regards,
Aletha
KM-Officer
Persistent Systems Pvt. Ltd, Pune
Bruce LaDuke <knowledgemachine at hotmail.com> wrote: Marina/Satish,
I do like Satish's definition as one describing what these things are today.
Not sure I agree that this is where they are going, or I guess I should
say what they would be if they were optimized. As one (small) component of
this need for a change, I'd like to just toss in some thoughts about the
term 'business intelligence' itself. I've added an entry to my blog
outlining this view. See the posting "Business Intelligence?"
http://www.hyperadvance.com/blog01/index.php?blog=1
Kind Regards,
Bruce LaDuke
Managing Director
Instant Innovation, LLC
Indianapolis, IN
knowledgemachine at hotmail.com
http://www.instantinnovation.com
http://www.hyperadvance.com
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From: "Marina Hiscock"
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Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 11:16:01 +0200
Thanks Satish, I appreciate and agree with your view
Regards
Marina
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Mariyappagoudar (IE10)
Sent: 13 June 2006 06:48 AM
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Hi Marina,
KM as a domain is quite vast without known boundaries and hence if you
look at practices of most of the organizations that have implemented and
institutionalized KM have different products/solutions/services
offerings to their internal or external customers. One of the key role
of KM is to leverage knowledge as a competitive factor in today's
dynamic world where change is constant. It is also perceived as more
people centric rather than highlighting technological advances. Also the
current day KM practices revolve predominantly on unstructured tacit
information/knowledge that is very difficult to capture, codify and
document and looks at facilitation and sharing of this hidden knowledge
from one to another using technology and process frameworks as enablers.
Business Intelligence or any other analytic subject areas such as IP,
Innovation, market, product analysis on the other hand offer solutions
for providing the right information at the right time so as to enable
decision making process. The advanced form of BI have domains involving
predictive analytics such as forecasting, data mining, optimization etc.
KM can be one of the key factors in providing much higher levels of
insight and foresight which drives the value of shared knowledge.
BI essentially drives the knowledge creation process and is a key
business driver for producing the type of knowledge that is worth
sharing and learning from one another. KM concerns itself with making
sure that this knowledge is shared most effectively within and around
the organization thus complementing each other.
Thanks and Regards,
Satish
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[mailto:km-forum-bounces at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in]On Behalf Of Marina Hiscock
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 10:56 AM
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Hi everyone
I am trying to figure out what or where or how does KM and BI (Business
Intelligence focusing on Data) links up... what is the relationship and
how does it compliment each other. What are the unique differences
between BI and KM? I have my own views and ideas (thinking of the Data,
Information, and Knowledge Ladder) but would like to hear your views and
wisdom on this.
Regards
Marina Hiscock
South Africa
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