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FTOTW31 – best links of the week ending 18-March-2012

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Here are the best links shared on my tweet stream this week.

Best Links

1. rsukumar: /Via @brainfitworld The Life of Your Next Neuron – (In honor of Brain Awareness Week, which starts today, … FTOTW Link 17247 ~ Amazing

2. rsukumar: /Via @KavithaRNG How to Recognize Your Calling FTOTW Link 17248 by @TaraSophia ~ brilliant /cc @ericries

3. rsukumar: I Wonder Where the Wonder Went FTOTW Link 17249 ~ brilliant /Via @purusothaman

4. rsukumar: RT @DanyDeGrave: “The Lean Startup” visualized by Ogilvy (The Science Of Entrepreneurship) FTOTW Link 17250 #leanstartup ~ vv cool

5. rsukumar: RT @nilofer: Creativity and the inspiration paradox. FTOTW Link 17251 ~ vv interesting /Via @Digitaltonto

6. rsukumar: RT @rahulmaniyar: Khan Academy Enters Next Era With iPad App FTOTW Link 17252 ~ vv cool

7. rsukumar: Paul Buchheit: Eight years today FTOTW Link 17253 ~ vv insightful & touching /Via @YaraPavan

8. rsukumar: RT @vasusrini: How blind to change are you? FTOTW Link 17254 ~ vv interesting

9. rsukumar: RT @sbkaufman: MUST READ!: Bursting the Bubble of Human Intelligence FTOTW Link 17255 @MarkChangizi ~ vv interesting

10. rsukumar: RT @Competia What airplane pilots could teach businesses & leaders in the art of decision making – FTOTW Link 17256 ~ vv insightful

11. rsukumar: RT @S_Sivakumar: Do e-books make it harder to recall what you just read? FTOTW Link 17257 (via @ntarunkumar) ~ vv interesting

12. rsukumar: RT @jorgebarba @Forbes: How neuroscientist @bradleyvoytek used big data to help a car service. FTOTW Link 17258 ~ vv interesting

13. rsukumar: Are Women Better Leaders than Men? FTOTW Link 17259 ~ vv interesting /Via @SmartBrief

14. rsukumar: The Easiest Way to Change People’s Behavior – Peter Bregman – Harvard Business Review FTOTW Link 17260 ~ vv insightful /Via @PriyaRaju

15. rsukumar: RT @muralispeak: #hiring for passion – lessons from Capt. Sullenberger FTOTW Link 17261 ~ vv insightful

16. rsukumar: Good Bosses Are The Same Today As They Were In 1992 | Fast Company FTOTW Link 17262 by @work_matters ~ vv insightful

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Knowledge Management (KM) as a Game-Changer !

‘What you have learnt is a mere handful;
What you haven’t learnt is as big as the size of the world ! ”
– Avvaiyar (Tamil poet)

This is a post about how Knowledge Management (KM) precepts function as a bridge between innovation and learning. Connecting the dots between the three perceived to be separate compartments was a Eureka moment for me. In other words, this is a brief sharing on what I call “Learning from Shared Experience (LFSE)” which finds theoretical basis in KM thinking.

Being from the education sector myself, this interface with Knowledge Management over the years now feeds into an endless quest for newer, different and interactive modes of learning away from the classroom-centric existence. This search for interesting and novel approaches to learning began when I was teaching postgraduate students so as to enhance their concentration and deflect attention from the conveyor-belt lecture hall or end of year exam-centric modes of learning.

Centring Experience as a source of Knowledge: This moves educational processes away from preset rather very often static Tables of Curriculum (TOC) and makes learning an introspective and collaborative process. The sheer diversity, breath and even depth of experience sharing makes it almost impossible to straitjacket learning either in the form of TOC’s or talk-down lectures. As the historian Joan Scott notes meaningfully, “ …Identity is tied to notions of experience, and … both identity and experience are categories usually taken for granted in ways that ….they ought not to be.” The thinking behind education and training has hitherto underestimated the value of the experience of the learner in several behavioural and over a period of time even in academic-cum-business related domain and technology spaces.

For a social scientist learning and imparting learning through story-telling, narratives and centring experiences comes rather naturally. Still the ‘KM edge’ played its part in connecting the dots between the learner and LFSE in the following ways:

1. KM thinking distinguishes between Tacit and Explicit knowledge: Learning Techniques which LFSE aim to convert tacit knowledge in a learner to explicit knowledge providing therefore for greater self-realization and progression on the part of the learner and others learning with him/her;

2. Knowledge conversion that happens in several directions. One kind of vertical conversion if one could call it that occurs in the movement in the learner’s mind between data, information, knowledge and wisdom. Another set of knowledge
conversions take place in the LFSE process through socialization(tacit to tacit), externalization(tacit to explicit), combination(explicit to explicit) and internalization(explicit to tacit).

3. The KM cycle: Learning, Unlearning and Relearning: The cycle begins at one stage with sharing knowledge which could result in either acquiring existing or ‘old’ knowledge and in the process of sharing generate ‘new’ knowledge. What we see as ‘new’ knowledge is now put to use, then another experience gets generated which triggers another cycle with the first step being sharing as has been described above.

Avvaiyar’s quotation above was reported to have been displayed at the NASA. The solidarity that knowledge produces among global citizens is unmatched. Avvaiyar’s thought illuminates how humility and an open mind are significant in the learning experience. Only when we realize the scale of our own ignorance, we remain open to knowledge.

On a note of caution, the moment any of these aforesaid values such as humility, openness and awareness are given mere lip-service and not cherished in their authentic sense as life-enhancing forces, the learning / knowledge journeys become superficial and hence destined to fail as non-starters.

The salience of much of what has been written above comes from a lifetime of experience finding strong resonance in the KM corpus of thinking. KM fundamentals are also of great value in civil society and wherever knowledge forms and methods are involved in any sphere of learning.

The theme of this post has a nice resonance on this portal sastwingees for I first met the blog host Sukumar at a Knowledge Management conference in Chennai hosted by the Computer Society of India.

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FTOTW30 – best links of the week ending 11-March-2012

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Here are the best links shared on my tweet stream this week.

Best Links

1. rsukumar: RT @dorait: Learning to think first rather than react quick is a life long pursuit. It’s tough. FTOTW Link 11627 ~ brilliant #5minutes

2. rsukumar: RT @brainpicker: Rapunzel to Little Red Riding Hood, beloved children’s classics as hyper-minimalist posters FTOTW Link 11628 ~ vv cool

3. rsukumar: RT @edyong209: This feature on TED & other ideas conferences is hilariously scathing & sorely needed. FTOTW Link 11629 ~ vv interesting

4. rsukumar: Jesse Thorn’s 12 Point Pgm 4 Absolutely, Positively 1000% No-Fail Guaranteed Success FTOTW Link 11630 ~ vv insightful /Via @waxpancake

5. rsukumar: RT @brainpicker: The power of habit and how to rewire our “habit loops” FTOTW Link 11631 ~ vv interesting #toread list

6. rsukumar: Replace Meaningless Words with Meaningful Ones – Jerry Weissman – HBR FTOTW Link 11632 ~ vv insightful /via @ramaseshan

7. rsukumar: /Via @KavisMusings @rviswana: Getting Fat but staying Fit? FTOTW Link 11633 ~ vv interesting results from a longitudinal study

8. rsukumar: RT @yarapavan: Jonah Lehrer in WSJ: How To Be Creative .FTOTW Link 11634 ~ vv insightful

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FTOTW29 – best links of the week ending 4-March-2012

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Here are the best links shared on my tweet stream this week.

Best Links

1. rsukumar: FTOTW Link 9338 Aamir Khan – One of India’s Greatest Filmmakers explains his methods ~ brilliant 45 min video /Via @rs_prasanna

2. rsukumar: RT @DesignThinkers @timkastelle: This is great! How to Teach Stuff FTOTW Link 9339 ~ brilliant

3. rsukumar: RT @DrMarsha: 10 things science (and Buddhism) says will make you happy | Wildmind Buddhist Meditation FTOTW Link 9340 ~ vv insightful

4. rsukumar: RT @vpsingh for the 1st time, online learning not only matches, but actually exceeds the classroom eqvlnt FTOTW Link 9341 ~ vv cool

5. rsukumar: RT @sbkaufman: Where Does Self-Discipline Come From? – Association for Psychological Science: FTOTW Link 9342 ~ vv interesting

6. rsukumar: RT @dorait: What are some common types of stupidity that are typical of otherwise very smart people FTOTW Link 9343 ~ vv interesting

7. rsukumar: RT @AMAnet: Why Harvard Graduates are Working in the Mailroom. (via @NYTimes) #Career #Jobs | FTOTW Link 9344 ~ vv interesting

8. rsukumar: What Do You Enjoy Doing? by @artmarkman FTOTW Link 9345 ~ vv insightful /Via sanjay radhakrishnan

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FTOTW28 – best links of the week ending 26-February-2012

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Here are the best links shared on my tweet stream this week.

Best Links

1. rsukumar: RT @ArunSN: Interesting productivity secret from Jerry Seinfeld – “Don’t break the chain” : FTOTW Link 7056 ~ brilliant

2. rsukumar: RT @webtechman: Why is Facebook addictive but enterprise social adoption a challenge? FTOTW Link 7057 RT @RessHum ~ vv insightful

3. rsukumar: RT @RajeshBlue Creative use of QR code at a bus shelter. How social is integrating traditional. FTOTW Link 7058 ~ vv cool /cc @jk533

4. rsukumar: RT @srini_venkat Can Your #Facebook Profile Predict Your Job Performance? by @bakadesuyo FTOTW Link 7059 ~ vv interesting (& scary?)

5. rsukumar: RT @sandygautam: 8 Qualities of Remarkable Employees FTOTW Link 7060 Are you a remarkable employee or just a great one? ~ vv insightful

6. rsukumar: RT @gvaidees: How to predict student’s SAT score: Look at parents’ tax return FTOTW Link 7061. Finding not surprising ~ vv interesting

7. rsukumar: RT @jk533: Moneto microsd #NFC Kit & Android Market App Out FTOTW Link 7062 ~ could pave way for cheap NFC enabled Androids ~ vv cool

8. rsukumar: RT @yarapavan: Lord of the Files: How GitHub Tamed Free Software (And More). FTOTW Link 7063 ~ vv interesting

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