CONTACTS 
0201 - CogNexus Institute                   410 798 4495
020101 - Dr. Jeff Conklin
020102 - jeff.conklin@verizon.net

SUBJECTS
Bright Stars Frustrated Cannot Focus Talent Interest to Advance KM
Conference Can Focus Talents to Advance KM
Conference on New Way of Working Facilitating Meetings Art or Technol
Facilitate Meetings Com Manager Comes Prepared
Conference Proposed to Focus Bright Stars, Proposed by Jeff Conklin
Facilitating Meeting Begins with SDS Record of Prior Meeting

3108 -    ..
3109 - Summary/Objective
3110 -
311001 - Follow up ref SDS 15 0000, ref SDS 14 0000.
311002 -
311003 - Received ref DRT 1 0001 from Jeff Conklin expressing appreciation for
311004 - the letter, ref DIP 1 0001 on 020310 supporting Jeff's letter on
311005 - 020301 calling for papers on a workshop to review the emergence of a
311006 - work role to facilitate meetings using a computer and the Internet.
311007 - ref SDS 14 OK6J
311008 -
311009 - Jeff does not comment on....
311010 -
311011 -     1.  Suggestion that we continue to work for advances in education,
311012 -         as discussed in Jeff's letter on 010926, ref SDS 10 3M8I,
311013 -
311014 -     2.  Agenda for improving education to advance from information to
311015 -         a culture of knowledge, as discussed at Stanford on 011219.
311016 -         ref SDS 13 3K3M
311017 - ..
311018 - Jeff says an objective of the workshop is to create a good
311019 - report... as well as grow the community and advance the cause.
311020 -
311021 - It would be helpful to get...
311022 -
311023 -    1.  Identify the "community" of people growing to advance the
311024 -        cause, and give examples of work product that show interest and
311025 -        willingness to work on the problem in the face of constraints
311026 -        noted by Jack Park on 010908? ref SDS 9 0001
311027 -
311028 -    2.  Explain the "cause." For example is the "cause" to....
311029 -
311030 -        a.  Solve information overload that paralyzes productivity
311031 -            cited by Eric Armstrong on 011003, ref SDS 11 EC5N, and a
311032 -            few days later by Gary Johnson on 011006, ref SDS 12 O99K,
311033 -            by using technology to capture organizational memory called
311034 -            out by Jeff in his paper reviewed on 010420, ref SDS 6
311035 -            IE4M, and then add intelligence to convert "memory" into
311036 -            controllable action items for getting things done, called
311037 -            out by POIMS? ref OF 1 1103
311038 -            ..
311039 -        b.  Enable a new way of working, called out by Doug
311040 -            Engelbart as shown in the record on 991222, ref SDS 5
311041 -            3696, that improves basic literacy requested by Stuart
311042 -            Harrow at DCMA in a letter on 010608? ref SDS 7 RS4J and
311043 -            on 010619. ref SDS 8 KWSQ  The letter on 020310 asked Jeff
311044 -            about using technology, ref SDS 15 GE6J, to improve
311045 -            learning and education, ref DIP 1 008G, citing the meeting
311046 -            at Stanford on 011219. ref SDS 13 3K3M
311047 -
311048 -        c.  Facilitate communication by strengthening listening to
311049 -            understand and follow up, as explained on 890809.
311050 -            ref SDS 1 CJ9J
311051 -
311052 -        d.  Facilitate consistent use of good management, called out by
311053 -            Covey, reviewed on 921205. ref SDS 2 4080 and ref SDS 2
311054 -            2552 and further explained in POIMS. ref OF 1 3385
311055 -
311056 -        e.  Facilitate deliberative analysis for continual learning
311057 -            called out by Drucker, as the primary task of proactive
311058 -            management to plan and direct the work based on
311059 -            understanding relevant experience from organizational
311060 -            memory, reviewed on 931130. ref SDS 3 7911
311061 -            ..
311062 -        f.  Overcome fear of accountability that suppresses good
311063 -            management from creating organizational memory called out
311064 -            by Covey, Drucker, Deming, Engelbart, Conklin, and others,
311065 -            as explained in POIMS, ref OF 1 4079, and suppresses
311066 -            literacy, as explained in the record on 991108 commenting
311067 -            on the legend of Prometheus. ref SDS 4 7380
311068 -
311069 -        g.  Is there a unifying theory that summarizes all of these
311070 -            "causes" into simple comprehensive concept, like....
311071 -
311072 -                Advance from information to a culture of knowledge
311073 -                using an explicit process that augments intelligence,
311074 -                as explained in POIMS. ref OF 1 SK7L and ref OF 1 6649
311075 -                and further at ref OF 1 SV5N
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311077 -
311078 -    [On 020316 request clarification from Jeff. ref SDS 16 0001
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