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DIARY: November 14, 2000 09:20 AM Tuesday; Rod Welch

Doug Engelbart award confirmed for National Medal of Technology.

1...Summary/Objective
.....Culture of Knowledge Key to Continual Improvement
.....Ignorance, Fear, Denial Restrain Improvement of Competency
2...Doug's Legacy Preserved by Research, Application and Attribution


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CONTACTS 
0201 - Bootstrap Institute                                                                                                                                                O-00000735 0101
020101 - Mr. Douglas C. Engelbart, Ph.D.
0202 - SRI International                                                                                                                                                  O-00000103 0701
020201 - Mr. Pat Lincoln; Director
020203 - Computer Science Laboratory                                                                                                                                      O-00000103 0701

SUBJECTS
Awarded National Medal for Technology, Pat Lincoln
Creativity Derived SDS Automated Integration
Innovation Stifled by Large Organizations
Innovation Loop Inhibits Discovery of Useful Methods
Creativity Lucky Accidents Deviations from Truth
Innovation Slow Due to Market Forces
Creativity Luck Requires Time Resources to Pursue Pattern Recognition
Legacy Work Papers, Henry van Eykan Creating Web Site
Competence Challenged by Com Metrics
Legacy, Henry Developing Web Site to Preserve Doug's Papers and Work
Dilemma Competence Improvement Restrained by Accountability
Competence Improvement Resisted Fear of Accountability People Feel Co

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2514 -    ..
2515 - Summary/Objective
2516 -
251601 - Follow up ref SDS 31 0000, ref SDS 27 0000.
251602 -
251603 - Received ref DRT 1 0001 from Henry van Eykan submitting official
251604 - notice that Douglas Engelbart will be awarded the 2000 National Medal
251605 - of Technology by President Clinton at a black-tie, gala banquet in the
251606 - National Building Museum on the evening of Friday, 001201.
251607 -
251608 -      [On 001115 developed possible school project. ref SDS 35 0001
251610 -       ..
251611 -      [On 001128 called Doug to wish him a good trip. ref SDS 41 CH5F
251613 -       ..
251614 -      [On 001209 local event planned to honor Doug. ref SDS 43 0001
251616 -       ..
251617 -      [On 001220 event at SRI honoring Doug's award. ref SDS 45 0001
251619 -       ..
251620 -      [On 050119 event at SRI honoring Doug's 80th birthday.
251621 -      ref SDS 49 BZ33
251623 -  ..
251624 - This confirms the letter on 001107 from Pat Lincoln, ref DRP 2 0001,
251625 - notifying that Doug would receive this award, ref SDS 31 0001, largely
251626 - for his work on Augment NLS at the Stanford Research Institute (SRI)
251627 - in the 1960s, as explained in the record on 000223. ref SDS 13 9076
251628 - ..
251629 - The medal Doug will receive, and more details are on Doug's web
251630 - site...
251631 -
251632 -             http://www.bootstrap.org/
251634 -  ..
251635 - The award citation says Doug developed key technologies in the 1960s
251636 - that led to personal computers. ref DRT 1 0004  This aligns with the
251637 - record on 950710 citing work at SRI in the 1960s on developing GUI
251638 - capability that improves productivity and strengthens usability,
251639 - ref SDS 2 1109, and further reported on 000223. ref SDS 13 9076
251641 -  ..
251642 - Doug's goal is improving competency of people and organizations,
251643 - ref DRT 1 018K, to cope with growing complexity, reviewed on 991222,
251644 - ref SDS 11 4Q6K, and supported by Andy Grove's book from review on
251645 - 980307. ref SDS 4 1209 Doug's Bootstrap Institute calls for a whole
251646 - new way of thinking and working, reviewed on 991222, ref SDS 11 3696,
251647 - which is supported by POIMS. ref OF 1 1054
251649 -  ..
251650 - However, on 990527 cultural forces resist improving earnings with new
251651 - ways of thinking and working. ref SDS 6 1233
251653 -  ..
251654 - On 000716 Doug was credited as "master visionary" striving to advance
251655 - coherent theory of management that has eluded the great thinkers since
251656 - the 17th century.
251657 -
251658 -    [On 001116 Jack Park, ref SDS 37 0001, and Paul Fernhout indicate
251659 -    Communication Metrics on the Internet accomplish this objective.
251660 -    ref SDS 37 H23M
251662 -     ..
251663 -    [On 001121 OHS Overview prepared by Doug sets objective to create
251664 -    capability infrastructure comprised of tool and human systems.
251665 -    ref SDS 38 RB5F
251667 -     ..
251668 -    [On 001123 Paul Fernhout discusses complex problems. ref SDS 40
251669 -    9I6K
251671 -     ..
251672 -    [On 001206 economic downturn shows growing need for improving
251673 -    competence to meet an increasingly complex work environment.
251674 -    ref SDS 42 0001
251676 -     ..
251677 -    [On 001219 Luddites resist new way of thinking and working, see
251678 -    analysis Paul Fernhout's concerns. ref SDS 44 FM3J
251680 -     ..
251681 -    [On 001220 proposed scholarship award on essay competition that
251682 -    fosters culture of knowledge that lifts basic competency, using
251683 -    links to Doug's papers. ref SDS 45 KI6O
251685 -     ..
251686 -    [On 001222 leadership needed to overcome resistance new way of
251687 -    thinking and working, letter to Pat Lincoln at SRI. ref SDS 46 1C9M
251689 -     ..
251690 -    [On 010114 case study illustrates SDS records on the Internet
251691 -    empowers people to increase competence for solving complex
251692 -    problems. ref SDS 47 0001
251694 -     ..
251695 -    [On 010608 DCMA has developed a specific role to improve competence
251696 -    of contract management. ref SDS 48 3T8I
251698 -  ..
251699 - A letter was submitted on 001107. ref DIP 2 0001, congratulating Doug
251700 - for the award that recognizes his many creative achievements, further
251701 - described in the citation received today, ref DRT 1 B4S9, and which
251702 - triumphed over significant cultural obstacles he mentioned in our
251703 - telecon on 001027. ref SDS 27 GL3W
251705 -  ..
251706 - Creativity was reviewed recently on 001107. ref SDS 31 UX3J
251708 -  ..
251709 - On 001027 Doug commented favorably on SDS, ref SDS 27 XV6F, which is
251710 - working through the obstacles Doug has encountered the past 40
251711 - years...
251713 -      ..
251714 -     Culture of Knowledge Key to Continual Improvement
251715 -     Ignorance, Fear, Denial Restrain Improvement of Competency
251716 -
251717 -     The paradox, i.e., KM dilemma, is that fear of accountability
251718 -     reviewed on 980405, ref SDS 5 5065, prevents using technology and
251719 -     support to improve competency, explained on 990924 in analysis
251720 -     about the high cost of medical mistakes, ref SDS 8 0593  On 990527
251721 -     cultural resistance to improve management and engineering comes
251722 -     from fear that seeking support leads to charges of incompetence.
251723 -     ref SDS 6 1233
251724 -
251725 -         [On 001115 example resistance to improving competence by
251726 -         linking to original sourced, because there is not enough time.
251727 -         ref SDS 36 L87F
251729 -          ..
251730 -         [On 001121 Doug requested terms for using SDS to develop OHS.
251731 -         ref SDS 39 XU8I
251733 -          ..
251734 -         [On 001208 earnings and stock prices declining because too
251735 -         many people have too many problems. ref SDS 42 V54M
251737 -      ..
251738 -     Andy Grove, COB Intel, reported executives are unwilling to admit
251739 -     the magnitude of the problems they face, i.e., denial prevents
251740 -     reaching Doug's goal to improve competency. see on 980307,
251741 -     ref SDS 3 2044  An article in Fortune reviewed on 990625 supported
251742 -     Grove's report. ref SDS 7 7344  On 991108 culture (e.g., peer
251743 -     pressure) transitions people over the span of a career to rely
251744 -     less on literacy, because talking is fast and easy, socially
251745 -     pleasing, and it seems, in the moment, to reduce accountability.
251746 -     ref SDS 10 7520
251748 -      ..
251749 -     Competence was discussed in a meeting with Henry van Eykan on
251750 -     001105. ref SDS 30 X19K  Education and pilot testing provide
251751 -     experience to overcome social resistance to improving competency,
251752 -     by fostering a culture of knowledge. ref SDS 30 X9RA  This was
251753 -     submitted to the team on 001107, ref SDS 34 0001, and discussed
251754 -     previously with Doug on 000327. ref SDS 14 4420
251756 -      ..
251757 -     On 001004 notified that adding "intelligence" to management is fun
251758 -     and effective.  This improves competence by avoiding fear about
251759 -     accountability. ref SDS 20 6N9G
251760 -
251761 -        [On 001116 Jack Park, ref SDS 37 0001, and Paul Fernhout
251762 -        indicate Communication Metrics on the Internet accomplish this
251763 -        objective. ref SDS 37 H23M
251765 -         ..
251766 -        [On 010114 case study illustrates SDS records on the Internet
251767 -        empowers people to increase competence for solving complex
251768 -        problems. ref SDS 47 0001
251769 -
251771 -  ..
251772 - Doug's Legacy Preserved by Research, Application and Attribution
251773 -
251774 - On 001105 Henry van Eykan reported work to preserve Doug's legacy by
251775 - providing the body of his work to support future research. Analysis
251776 - shows the best way to accomplish a lasting legacy is to incorporate
251777 - Doug's work into the record of daily work, ref SDS 30 8621, as Doug
251778 - proposed on 001025 for the OHS Launch Plan. ref SDS 26 00VU
251780 -  ..
251781 - Doug's biography is on the Bootstrap Institute web site in the record
251782 - on 991222, which, also, lists his many achievements, e.g., the mouse,
251783 - linking. ref SDS 11 0897
251784 -
251785 -        [On 010114 case study illustrates SDS records on the Internet
251786 -        enables people to increase competence for solving complex
251787 -        problems by applying lessons of the past. ref SDS 47 0001
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