CONTACTS 
0201 - Science Applications
020101 - Mr. Tom Munnecke; Vice President
020103 - Executive Offices

SUBJECTS
Munnecke, Tom SAIC Interested in Transformational Information Systems
Research SDS Improve Alphabet Technology Literacy Culture of Knowledg
Resist Create Links Click Use Anchors Claim Want Addressability Claim
Transformation Resist Click Links Fear Responsibility Notice Burden o
Change New Way Working Takes Faith Commitment to Improve Save Time Mo
New Way Working 50 Years Change Paradigm Buckminster Fuller SDS Confl
Culture Knowledge Transitions Foraging on Information in Garden of Ed

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3509 -    ..
3510 - Summary/Objective
3511 -
351101 - Follow up ref SDS 86 0000, ref SDS 84 0000.
351102 -
351103 - Tom Munnecke requested information on network bookkeeping to research
351104 - transformational information systems, evidently from having bumped
351105 - into an SDS record.  He did not link the source record; a reply to Tom
351106 - reminds that creating connections to expedite the work only takes a
351107 - second using SDS explicit links.  Found and forwarded information that
351108 - looked promising for addressing Tom's inquiry.  Tom responded noting
351109 - that links are generally good practice.  He is a VP with SAIC where
351110 - Roy Roebuck worked when Roy inquired about doing an NSF proposal on
351111 - SDS in 1999, which invites questions based on fascinating references
351112 - in Tom's second letter. ref SDS 0 1N7I  Tom submitted information on
351113 - his work in health care and philanthropy, including ideas related to
351114 - Knowledge Space, ref SDS 0 1M9I  He asks interesting questions that
351115 - reflect professional advice to "study what works," based on 20 year
351116 - record of SDS and Com Metrics improving the practice of management.
351117 - ref SDS 0 E63H  Tom's background developing architectures to support
351118 - health care systems for DOD and the VA, ref SDS 0 1N7I, may relate to
351119 - his questions about SDS, ref SDS 0 U14K, and shows common ground to
351120 - advance technology emobdied by a core idea in a paper Tom cites:  Can
351121 - what counts be counted? ref SDS 0 J484  As well, the entire GameSpace
351122 - group demonstrates a lot of good ideas for making a big difference in
351123 - the lives of people and communities.  Tom's letters today offers a
351124 - number of paths for follow up.
351125 -
351126 -      [On 020729 Tom called to follow up. ref SDS 89 0001
351128 -       ..
351129 -      [On 020815 called Tom to follow up. ref SDS 93 0001
351130 -
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351132 -
351133 -
351135 -  ..
3512 -
3513 -
3514 - Progress
3515 -
351501 - Finding Information on Network Bookkeeping Transformational Systems
351502 - Leadership, Management Science and Technology Enable Transition
351503 - Transformation from IT to Culture of Knowledge Priority Objective
351504 -
351505 - Received ref DRT 1 0001 from Tom Munnecke saying...
351506 -
351507 -    I noticed Dan Palanza's network bookkeeping paper on your web site;
351508 -    very interesting stuff.
351510 -     ..
351511 -    I am interested in the notion of transformational information
351512 -    systems. Any updates to this paper?
351513 -
351514 -       [On 020911 Tom explains GivingSpace is a transformational space
351515 -       on the Internet using open source software that will transform
351516 -       philanthropy by maximizing humanitarian uplift for generosity
351517 -       and compassion. ref SDS 95 J85F
351519 -  ..
351520 - Tom's interest in transformational systems is a core objective enabled
351521 - by SDS and explained in POIMS...
351522 -
351523 -     1.  Transition from IT to Culture of Knowledge. ref OF 1 JE6L
351524 -
351525 -     2.  Transition literacy from documents to Knowledge Space.
351526 -         ref OF 1 079L
351528 -          ..
351529 -         Improve alphabet technology through additional arrangements
351530 -         enabled by new technology, in POIMS. ref OF 1 3742
351532 -  ..
351533 - Links in Tom's follow up letter today for GivingSpace show a lot of
351534 - effort, ideas and commitment toward transformation. ref SDS 0 5F4G
351535 - Heather Wood Ion's thoughtful paper takes up aspects of literacy for
351536 - transformation. ref SDS 0 J484  SDS transforms alphabet technology by
351537 - integrating time and information, explained in POIMS. ref OF 1 ER3G
351538 - and ref OF 1 3742
351539 -
351540 -     [On 020820 letter to Tom explains opportunity to accomplish goals
351541 -     for transformation. ref SDS 94 0001
351543 -  ..
351544 - On 020131 DOD is striving for transformation, ref SDS 73 QF4H, but it
351545 - is a big challenge, ref SDS 73 KW9N, that requires ingenuity and
351546 - persistence. ref SDS 73 6L5K
351548 -  ..
351549 - An example, is difficulty people have linking the record to create
351550 - sequence of cause and effect, reported on 020610, ref SDS 82 6M6G, and
351551 - discussed further below. ref SDS 0 TV9K
351552 -
351553 -      [On 020812 reviewed again cultural latency that resists investing
351554 -      a few seconds to create a connected record, even by people who
351555 -      advocate KM. ref SDS 92 TV9K
351557 -  ..
351558 - Communication Metrics scope of services developed by USACE for a new
351559 - work role enables people to advance from information technology (IT)
351560 - to a new set of skills for knowledge management (KM) that adds
351561 - intelligence to information. ref DRP 1 4929
351563 -  ..
351564 - Transformation to KM requires integrating management science,
351565 - cognitive science and computer science, explained in NWO. ref OF 3
351566 - 7572  Leadership in research, education, government and industry
351567 - requires courage to take the first steps. ref OF 3 42MG
351569 -  ..
351570 - Research was proposed to SRI on 001011. ref SDS 50 0001
351571 -
351572 -      [On 020729 research theses to investigate were discussed with Pat
351573 -      Lincoln at SRI. ref SDS 90 JH5K
351575 -  ..
351576 - Transition adopting new practices that move from information to
351577 - "doing" Knowledge Management was proposed to OHS/DKR people on 020723.
351578 - ref SDS 52 XU8I
351580 -  ..
351581 - Education and continual learning are critical for transformation
351582 - enabled by SDS and Com Metrics, reviewed previously on....
351583 -
351584 -      SDS needs to be taught in school......... 951011, ref SDS 17 0990
351585 -      University of Santa Clara................ 951012, ref SDS 18 0001
351586 -      Stanford University...................... 000901, ref SDS 48 0001
351587 -      Millennium project....................... 010413, ref SDS 56 H17F
351588 -      Terry Winograd at Stanford............... 011219, ref SDS 72 XV8M
351589 -      Continual learning transformation........ 950911, ref SDS 15 2222
351590 -      SDS enables continual learning........... 011029, ref SDS 68 MT6G
351591 -      Scholarship Competition aids
351592 -      transformation in education.............. 001220, ref SDS 54 KI6O
351594 -  ..
351595 - Transformation of the computer industry was enabled by Lynn Conway's
351596 - "uncommon" sense," reported on 960612. ref SDS 22 1368
351598 -  ..
351599 - On 010730 DCMA requests intellectual bridges to help people transition
351600 - to a new way of working. ref SDS 60 LC5O
351602 -  ..
351603 - SDS records on the Internet, like this one, span a period of 15 years,
351604 - and demonstrate a new way of working to improve basic literacy is
351605 - within reach.  People using work product from SDS indicate transition
351606 - from information to a culture of knowledge lifts civilization, shown
351607 - on 010907. ref SDS 61 KX3L  Lenat argues that literacy applied through
351608 - the magic of alphabet technology makes people "superhuman," reported
351609 - on 010622. ref SDS 59 N668  USACE reported on 971007 that using SDS
351610 - for Communication Metrics to add "intelligence" to information created
351611 - with traditional ways of using alphabet technology, saves time and
351612 - money at the rate of 10:1. ref DRP 2 7400  A return of 10:1 points to
351613 - another boost in human performance comparable to the transformation
351614 - from orality to literacy, reviewed on 991108. ref SDS 40 5628
351616 -  ..
351617 - This record supports Tom's interest in transformation.
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SUBJECTS
Explicit Links Save Time Money and Encourage People to Take Action by
900% Time Increased to Find Information by Failing to Provide Link to
Resist Create Links Click Use Anchors Claim Want Addressability Claim
Explicit Links SDS Improves Communication Collaboration Productivity
Savings 900% ROI 10:1 Working Intelligently Invest 10 Seconds Created
Addressability Anchors on Every Para Strengthens Understanding and Me

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710901 -  ..
710902 - Cultural Inertia Resists Creating Connected Record
710903 - Explicit Links Make Good Management Fast and Easy
710904 - Technology Reduces Diligence Required to Save Time and Money
710905 -
710906 - Follow up ref SDS 83 MU6H, ref SDS 82 6M6G.
710907 -
710908 - Inquiries without a link or a reference date to the original source
710909 - that makes it fast and easy to understand context, and facilitates
710910 - timely response, reflects cultural inertia that slows progress on
710911 - transformational systems, as noted recently on 020723. ref SDS 87 6K5F
710912 - citing earlier analysis on 020530. ref SDS 79 WK4H
710914 -  ..
710915 - Submitted ref DIT 1 0001 to Tom saying...
710916 -
710917 -   1.  Responding to your letter on 020725, it helps to get a link to
710918 -       the record for context in responding to inquires.  Click on the
710919 -       double dots showing an explicit link and copy the address from
710920 -       the location bar, then paste it to your letter, as related in
710921 -       the record on 020320. ref SDS 76 0001  It only takes a second
710922 -       and this small investment saves a lot of time and money for
710923 -       others to understand communication and take appropriate action.
710925 -        ..
710926 -       On 020608 KM experts fail to provide links. ref SDS 81 YL8I
710927 -       Review on 020610 indicates cultural barriers to creating a
710928 -       connected record for managing context. ref SDS 82 6M6G
710929 -
710930 -           [On 020812 another KM expert made same mistake. ref SDS 92
710931 -           TV9K
710933 -        ..
710934 -       On 020618 growing evidence shows that investing 10 seconds to
710935 -       create links for a knowledge repository of organizational memory
710936 -       that saves time and money using addressability that is provided
710937 -       free by SDS is resisted by cultural inertia that lacks a
710938 -       tradition of creating a connected record. ref SDS 83 1383
710939 -       Cultural resistance to improvement aligns with Andy Grove's
710940 -       comments at Intel that people like to work on familiar things in
710941 -       familiar ways, reviewed on 980307. ref SDS 29 3740  If we can
710942 -       make familiar work faster and easier, people are pleased, like
710943 -       speeding up a car or a truck on the highway, or an aiprlane in
710944 -       the sky.  But, as Grove's colleagues noted on 990718, empowering
710945 -       people with a new of way working "intelligently" at first sounds
710946 -       funny, foreign, and alien, and so is resisted by cultural
710947 -       viscosity of ignorance, fear and denial, ref SDS 38 1767, and,
710948 -       ref SDS 38 2150, until leadership empowers people to gain
710949 -       experience with a new way of working for a sufficient time to
710950 -       discover that working intelligently is safe and effective, also
710951 -       noted by Grove commenting on Intel founder, Gordon Moore, on
710952 -       980307. ref SDS 30 1660
710953 -
710954 -           [On 020730 report that Intel discovered that positive
710955 -           incentives complement negative encouragement for empowering
710956 -           people to discover that a new way of working saves time and
710957 -           money. ref SDS 91 RS5N
710959 -        ..
710960 -       It greatly increases the chances of getting a response by
710961 -       lowering the level of effort, and experience using explicit
710962 -       links changes attitudes about saving time and money, also
710963 -       reported on 020618. ref SDS 83 MU6H
710964 -
710965 -           Tom replies that links are good practice, ref DRT 2 0001,
710966 -           see further comments below. ref SDS 0 U14K
710967 -
710969 -        ..
710970 -       Links Access Relevant Information in 1 - 4 Seconds
710971 -       Interpretation Causes Mistakes, Delay, Links Fast and Easy
710972 -       90 Seconds to Find Information in Relevant Context Without Link
710973 -
710975 -        ..
710976 -   2.  For example, today, it took about 90 seconds to get the records
710977 -       you seem to have in mind.  This effort entailed interpretation,
710978 -       and then looking up a subject and calling a report. ref DIT 1
710979 -       8I6L  What if I made a mistake interpreting what you said, the
710980 -       time could have doubled, tripled or worse, taken up to 5 minutes
710981 -       using SDS where everything is in the right place at the right
710982 -       time, as reported on 010425. ref SDS 58 EP7F  Some people might
710983 -       have said, "Hey, I don't have five seconds, to do a favor, must
710984 -       less 5 minutes, and as a result, give up because it is too hard
710985 -       to find anything, as reported on 011003, ref SDS 66 EC5N, and
710986 -       earlier on 010916. ref SDS 64 KA6H just days after the nation
710987 -       was attacked on 010911, because it was too hard for the national
710988 -       security team to find relevant information in time using the
710989 -       methods everybody likes. ref SDS 62 UP5K  When communication is
710990 -       not fast and easy, people give up because the task is too
710991 -       complex, noted by Drucker, reviewed on 931130. ref SDS 8 3851
710992 -
710994 -        ..
710995 -       Transformation to Good Management Aided by Explicit Links
710996 -       Links Enable Transformation Information to Save Time Money
710997 -       Attitudes About Good Management Transformed by Big Cost Savings
710998 -       900% Cost Savings Encourage Invest 1 Second for Good Management
710999 -
711000 -
711001 -   3.  If you had supplied a link, as shown below, it would have taken
711002 -       only one second or maybe 2 or 4 seconds, if the system is slow
711003 -       today. ref DIT 1 TT9F  That's within the worse case scenario for
711004 -       even the laziest, inconsiderate, apathetic interlocutor to
711005 -       respond.  In other words, good technology reduces the amount of
711006 -       diligence needed for good management to nearly zero.  When good
711007 -       management takes nor more time than bad management, attitudes
711008 -       suddenly change.  A lot more people say, "Hey, why not do it
711009 -       right and look it up instead of guess.  After all, it doesn't
711010 -       take a lot of diligence to click a link."
711012 -             ..
711013 -            Keystrokes Reduced Saves Time Money Better Productivity
711014 -
711015 -            Tom's remarks, during the GameSpace conference at the Sante
711016 -            Fe Institute this past May, discusses advantages of getting
711017 -            the most done for the fewest key strokes. ref OF 8 0412
711018 -
711019 -               [On 021228 example improving productivity by reducing
711020 -               keystrokes by 75%. ref SDS 97 VS6O
711022 -        ..
711023 -       In addition, look at cost savings of 900%, 450% or, at worst,
711024 -       250%. ref DIT 1 SA5M  Any way you look at it, multiplied across
711025 -       the nation of people looking things up, that's a lot of savings,
711026 -       particularly when combined with the cost of fixing mistakes when
711027 -       people try to get by relying on remembering only the gist of
711028 -       things, because they don't have time to find correct
711029 -       information, reported on 011003, ref SDS 66 EC5N, and earlier on
711030 -       000927. ref SDS 49 PO4F
711032 -        ..
711033 -       900% savings on using SDS just from taking 10 seconds to create
711034 -       a link, and 2,000% to 3,000% savings over traditional methods
711035 -       everybody likes, ref DIT 1 LE5N, aligns with ROI of 10:1 found
711036 -       by USACE in a report, ref DRP 2 7400, received on 971008.
711037 -       ref SDS 27 5775
711038 -
711039 -           [On 021228 increased savings by improving SDS method of
711040 -           adding custom links to take less than 1 second. ref SDS 97
711041 -           6C9F
711042 -
711043 -
711044 -
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711046 -
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SUBJECTS
Money Not Incentive to Improve Management Already Well Paid  ant to S
Making more money Adding Intelligence to Management Using SDS Improve
Organizational Learning
Learning Organization, Peter Senge, MIT
Organizational Learning Proposed by Senge Helps Solve Continual Bumbl
Leader Event Sante Fe Institute 020513
Munnecke, Tom Cited Peter Senge's Work on Organizational Learning to

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781001 -        ..
781002 -       Correcting Corrections Loop Solved by Adding Intelligence
781003 -       Deliberative Analysis Helps Avoid Continual Bumbling
781004 -       Nobody Cares About Earnings Until Company Disappears
781005 -
781006 -
781007 -   4.  Some people say nobody cares about cost savings because they get
781008 -       paid well without working intelligently, so why bother, reported
781009 -       on 901007, ref SDS 5 B4PE, and later on 920215. ref SDS 6 XN4F
781010 -       But, eventually, as waste and mistakes build up, ref DIT 1 KD5G,
781011 -       a critical mass is reached and suddenly there is no job, like at
781012 -       Enron, Worldcom, etc., reported on 020204. ref SDS 74 0001
781014 -             ..
781015 -            Tom's remarks during the GivingSpace conference at the
781016 -            Sante Fe Institute this past May discusses Peter Senge's
781017 -            notion of the "general problem addiction loop," ref OF 8
781018 -            KV4O, which sounds a like continual bumbling that worried
781019 -            Henry Kissinger, reviewed on 940609, ref SDS 10 4238, and
781020 -            which explains endless cycles of "correcting corrections"
781021 -            set out in NWO, ref OF 3 7495, commonly caused by reliance
781022 -            on stream of conscious analysis that occurs in conversation
781023 -            during meetings, calls and email, as explained in POIMS.
781024 -            ref OF 1 8536 and further ref OF 1 5582 SDS supports
781025 -            deliberative analysis that enables concurrent discovery
781026 -            using Knowledge Space, discussed on 960620. ref SDS 23 1101
781027 -
781028 -                [On 020730 mentioned Tom's reference to recursive
781029 -                mistakes as a growing problem to be solved through
781030 -                transformation. ref SDS 91 D594
781032 -             ..
781033 -            Senge was contacted on 960227 about support for continual
781034 -            learning. ref SDS 20 0001
781035 -
781036 -
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781038 -
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SUBJECTS
Network Bookkeeping Dan Palanza
Munnecke, Tom SAIC Inquires About Network Bookkeeping from Record Wor
Network Bookkeeping Payment Attribution Open Source Encourages Contrib
Munnecke, Tom Inquiry about Network Bookkeeping Relates to Jack's Bu
Micropayments Open Source Can Integrate with Commercial Sales
Network Bookkeeping Relates to Jack's Business Model Based on Micropa
Park, Jack Network Bookkeeping Inquiry for Transformational Systems R
Micropayments Require Network Bookkeeping Inquiry by Tom Munnecke wi
Mathematical Formulation of Double Entry Bookkeeping, Ellerman
Network Bookkeeping History and Theory of Mathematics for Double Entr
Ellerman, Dave World Bank Economist Paper on Mathematics of Double En

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981401 -  ..
981402 - Network Bookkeeping Supports Binary Structure of Enterprise Management
981403 - Open Source and Free Software May Benefit from Network Bookkeeping
981404 -
981405 -
981406 -   5.  On the substance of Tom's letter, ref DRT 1 0001, asking for
981407 -       assistance contacting Dan Palanza about Dan's important work on
981408 -       network bookkeeping shown, ref DIT 1 MFEN, for example in the
981409 -       record on 990710. ref SDS 37 LF5I
981411 -        ..
981412 -   6.  Dan's letter on 990804 explains his ideas on network
981413 -       bookkeeping, ref DIT 1 OH6H, in more detail. ref SDS 39 0001
981414 -       ..
981415 -   7.  Recently, application of this method may arise in open
981416 -       source and "free" software development, and in various new
981417 -       business models, ref DIT 1 UL6M, proposed, for example, by Jack
981418 -       Park on 020510 discussing micropayments, which implies rigorous
981419 -       accounting. ref SDS 78 HO6F  By copy, I am letting Jack know of
981420 -       your interest in this matter.
981421 -
981422 -          [On 020729 Tom called Jack. ref SDS 89 415F
981424 -        ..
981425 -       Also, providing a copy to OHS/DKR group looking into ways to use
981426 -       technology, ref DIT 1 RQ3H, for improving knowledge work.
981427 -       ref DIT 1 RQ3H
981429 -        ..
981430 -       You may be able to reach Dan at the email address shown above.
981431 -       ref DIT 1 JR3K
981433 -  ..
981434 - Tom's letter received later today, says...
981435 -
981436 -       On the subject of bookkeeping systems, perhaps David Ellerman's
981437 -       paper at...
981438 -
981439 -       http://ellerman.org/Maths/deb_math.doc
981440 -
981441 -       ...would be of interest to you and Dan. ref DRT 2 T35M
981442 -
981443 -           Ellerman also participated in the GivingSpace event that Tom
981444 -           supported in Sante Fe, NM, per below. ref SDS 0 456J
981445 -
981447 -        ..
981448 -       Binary Structures Evident from Double Entry Bookkeeping
981449 -       Mathematics, History of Bookkeeping Shows Power of Binary Forces
981450 -
981451 -       Ellerman is with the World Bank.  His paper....
981452 -
981453 -
981454 -                 Mathematical Formulation and Generalization of
981455 -                           Double-Entry Bookkeeping
981456 -
981457 -
981458 -       ...is a word document, so will not take time to format it for
981459 -       full review.  The introduction is instructive....
981460 -           ..
981461 -       1.  Double-entry bookkeeping (DEB) was developed during
981462 -           the fifteenth century and was first recorded in 1494 as a
981463 -           system by the Italian mathematician Luca Pacioli [1494].
981464 -           Double-entry bookkeeping has been used for several centuries
981465 -           in the accounting systems of the market economies throughout
981466 -           the world. Incredibly, however, the mathematical formulation
981467 -           for DEB is not known, at least not in the field of
981468 -           accounting. ref OF 6 CQ5G
981469 -           ..
981470 -       2.  Mathematical basis behind DEB (algebraic operations on
981471 -           ordered pairs of numbers) was developed in the nineteenth
981472 -           century by Sir William Rowan Hamilton as an abstract
981473 -           mathematical construction to deal with complex numbers and
981474 -           fractions [Hamilton 1837].  The particular example of the
981475 -           ordered pairs construction that is relevant to DEB, called
981476 -           the "group of differences," is the one used in undergraduate
981477 -           algebra courses to construct a number system with negative
981478 -           numbers ("additive inverses" in technical terms) by using
981479 -           operations on ordered pairs of positive numbers (including
981480 -           zero). on ordered pairs of positive numbers (including
981481 -           zero).  All that is required to grasp the connection with
981482 -           DEB is to make the identification: ordered pairs of numbers
981483 -           in construction of positive and negative numbers = two-sided
981484 -           T-accounts of DEB (debits on the left side and credits on
981485 -           the right side). ref OF 6 PR6I
981487 -               ..
981488 -              Mathematics of "ordered pairs" is a model of binary
981489 -              structure that dominates existence, explained in NWO,
981490 -              ref OF 3 5846, and discussed in POIMS. ref OF 1 O87L
981491 -              Double-entry bookkeeping is a form of the verification
981492 -              methodology SDS enables to strengthen understanding,
981493 -              ref OF 1 18F8, that occurs along a continuum between
981494 -              binary structure in cognition commonly described as
981495 -              subconscious and the conscious mind, also, noted in
981496 -              POIMS. ref OF 1 UN3L
981498 -               ..
981499 -              POIMS technology to integrate personal and organizational
981500 -              memory identifies the ordered pair of "me" and "you",
981501 -              "us" and "them," "internal" and "external" management."
981502 -              The objective to remember quickly and accurately is
981503 -              another binary structure that is constantly in conflict.
981504 -              ref OF 1 UN3L
981506 -               ..
981507 -              On 000727 Cliff Joslyn gave a presentation at SRI on the
981508 -              mathematics of the SDS design. ref SDS 47 3960
981510 -               ..
981511 -              Research showing how the mathematics of bookkeeping, set
981512 -              out in Ellerman's paper to explain alignment in finance,
981513 -              might be applied with greater effect to a system of
981514 -              Communication Metrics using SDS.
981515 -
981516 -
981517 -
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SUBJECTS
Munnecke, Tom SAIC Inquires About SDS Program that Creates Record on
Knowledge Space Tom Munnecke with SAIC asks about SDS
Transformational Systems Require Links to Information that Support Tr

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A50601 -  ..
A50602 - Knowledge Space Conceptual Lineage with GivingSpace, HealthSpace
A50603 -
A507 -
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A509 - 1858
A510 -
A51001 - Received ref DRT 2 0001 from Tom responding to the letter sent earlier
A51002 - today, and saying thanks for finding information he requested, per
A51003 - above. ref SDS 0 TV9K
A51005 -  ..
A51006 - Tom says....
A51007 -
A51008 -   8.  Poking around your web site (what is the software which drives
A51009 -       it?) I was interested in your notion of knowledge spaces and
A51010 -       meaning spaces. ref DRT 2 MF6L
A51011 -
A51012 -           SDS is the software that creates Knowledge Space on the
A51013 -           Internet, explained in the record on 940901. ref SDS 12 2929
A51014 -
A51015 -           Others have noticed SDS on the Internet in recent years,
A51016 -           reported on 010907. ref SDS 61 KX3L
A51017 -
A51018 -               [On 020729 letter to Tom submits a reference to the
A51019 -               record on 940901. ref SDS 89 F46M
A51021 -                ..
A51022 -               [On 020911 Tom discouraged that SDS ability to find
A51023 -               information people needed, as demonstrated today, only
A51024 -               works for one person. ref SDS 95 PV7H
A51026 -            ..
A51027 -           POIMS explains objectives and implementation. ref OF 1 0001
A51029 -            ..
A51030 -           Knowledge Space was formulated in the record on 960620 to
A51031 -           explain SDS capabilities that lift the capacity to think,
A51032 -           remember and communicate. ref SDS 23 3516  On 971021 began
A51033 -           development to add value to the Internet by providing
A51034 -           anytime, anywhere "intelligence." ref SDS 28 3636
A51036 -            ..
A51037 -           Knowledge Space is explained in POIMS.....
A51038 -
A51039 -              Architecture of human thought..........., ref OF 1 034J
A51040 -              Documents to Knowledge Space............, ref OF 1 1107
A51042 -            ..
A51043 -           Use cases are in the SDS Typical Day Scenario. ref OF 2 0001
A51044 -
A51045 -
A51046 -
A51047 -
A51048 -
A51049 -
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SUBJECTS
Health Care Current Professional Interest HealthSpace
GivingSpace Philanthropy Professional Interest GivingSpace
Transformational Spaces Similar to Tim Berners Lee Developed Internet
Meeting in Sante Fe Institute for 020513 Tony Prepared Detailed Record
Hoeber, Tony Prepared Detailed Record of Conference

AB07 -
AB0801 -        ..
AB0802 -       Knowledge Space Begins with Organizational Memory, per Hoeber
AB0803 -       HealthSpace, GivingSpace Need Transformation to Manage Complexity
AB0804 -       Complexity of Rat's Nest Organized by Perspective and Connections
AB0805 -
AB0806 -
AB0807 - Tom explains....
AB0808 -
AB0809 -       I have been working on notions of HealthSpace and GivingSpace
AB0810 -       for health and philanthropy, respectively.  The basic theme is
AB0811 -       that we have "transactional" systems which attempt to manage
AB0812 -       "transformational" activities, and end up in a never-ending
AB0813 -       rat's nest of interfaces. ref DRT 2 E06O
AB0815 -        ..
AB0816 -       My goal is to create transformational "spaces" within which the
AB0817 -       "fuzzier" goals of transformation may happen... in the same way
AB0818 -       that Tim BL created a "space" within which information could
AB0819 -       exist... ref DRT 2 L07J
AB0820 -
AB0821 -           Tom's interest in health care supports improving medical
AB0822 -           management reported on 990625. ref SDS 35 4185
AB0823 -
AB0824 -              [On 020911 Tom giving up on improving healthcare until
AB0825 -              system collapses. ref SDS 95 KE5N
AB0827 -            ..
AB0828 -           Better management for a "rat's nest of interfaces," requires
AB0829 -           organizing complexity, caused by compressing time and
AB0830 -           distance (see NWO, ref OF 3 2082), into common patterns of
AB0831 -           perspective using organic structures that connect small
AB0832 -           meanings into larger understandings, like DNA grows life,
AB0833 -           discussed on 890523, ref SDS 1 SQ5L, and set out in POIMS,
AB0834 -           ref OF 1 525M, and in NWO, ref OF 3 5846  Managing a more
AB0835 -           complex world that evolved from human intelligence, requires
AB0836 -           evolving technology to augment intelligence. see again NWO,
AB0837 -           ref OF 3 23ME
AB0839 -            ..
AB0840 -           SDS evolved, beginning in 1983, to tackle the problem of
AB0841 -           growing complexity in daily management, set out in POIMS,
AB0842 -           ref OF 1 6649, and shown by the history of SDS reported on
AB0843 -           000723. ref SDS 46 0008  Designing and using SDS eventually
AB0844 -           led to requirements for Knowledge Space that lift capacity
AB0845 -           to think, remember and communicate. ref OF 1 3742
AB0847 -            ..
AB0848 -           SDS transforms information technology (wordprocessing,
AB0849 -           email, spreadsheets), to advance literacy using the alphabet
AB0850 -           by integrating time and information.  Knowledge Space
AB0851 -           supports subsidiary knowledge work in science, government,
AB0852 -           engineering, education, etc, as set out in a recent letter
AB0853 -           on 020723. ref SDS 85 MZ6O  On 011105 Jeff Conklin described
AB0854 -           SDS is big a step in the right direction. ref SDS 69 4S6H
AB0856 -            ..
AB0857 -           The second step is to empower people with wisdom and courage
AB0858 -           to capture a larger share of working information that aids
AB0859 -           understanding of organizational memory, reviewed on 010420.
AB0860 -           ref SDS 57 474G  Tony Hoeber's record of the event on
AB0861 -           GivingSpace at the Sante Fe Institute, beginning on 020513,
AB0862 -           helps meet this requirement, ref OF 8 0001, explained in the
AB0863 -           record on 010924. ref SDS 65 L46F  Andy Grove notes in his
AB0864 -           book, "Only the Paranoid Survive," that copious notes like
AB0865 -           Tony prepared for the GivingSpace conference helps avoid the
AB0866 -           ambiguity of mental maps that otherwise cause endless
AB0867 -           mistakes that reduce productivity, earnings and stock
AB0868 -           prices, reviewed on 980307. ref SDS 30 3668
AB0869 -
AB0870 -               [...above, Tom cites Peter Senge's work to reduce cycles
AB0871 -               of correcting corrections. ref SDS 0 VU8I
AB0873 -            ..
AB0874 -           Once we have a good record of organizational memory, then we
AB0875 -           can do the other seven (7) steps to create, grow and refine
AB0876 -           knowledge, explained on 001219, ref SDS 53 4W4L, and called
AB0877 -           out by Charles Peirce, reported on 000515. ref SDS 45 7380
AB0878 -           The SDS design to augment "intelligence," ref OF 1 6649,
AB0879 -           enables a process to continually refine the accuracy of
AB0880 -           understanding through the continual accumulation of new
AB0881 -           experience organized as case studies.
AB0883 -            ..
AB0884 -           David Ellerman mentions cultural resistance to a new way of
AB0885 -           working in remarks at the GivingSpace event, noting a
AB0886 -           disconnect with colleagues at the World Bank. ref OF 8 CJ3M
AB0887 -
AB0888 -               For example, Dave suggests helping people who are
AB0889 -               already motivated to get things done.  Find where good
AB0890 -               ideas ("virtue") are flourishing and support that.
AB0891 -               ref OF 8 3R5N
AB0893 -            ..
AB0894 -           The challenge of improving health care is overcoming social
AB0895 -           and cultural barriers to improvement that eschew accurate
AB0896 -           understanding in order to avoid accountability, illustrated
AB0897 -           by comments today from a doctor, ref SDS 88 ST6F, and
AB0898 -           earlier noted on 990527. ref SDS 34 1233
AB0900 -            ..
AB0901 -           Enron and related cases instruct that when systematic
AB0902 -           accountability fails the entire edifice falls, reported on
AB0903 -           020204, ref SDS 74 0001, causing widespread reaction to
AB0904 -           balance the books of accountability in equal measure under
AB0905 -           the rule of binary structure.  Therefore, accountability
AB0906 -           must be embraced and nurtured as the soul of civilization,
AB0907 -           reported on 970829. ref SDS 26 0001  SDS strives to empower
AB0908 -           intelligence that overcomes fear of accountability by
AB0909 -           bringing the light of knowledge that enables credit for
AB0910 -           improvement and growth, rather than blame for failure and
AB0911 -           loss, as explained on 980204. ref SDS 31 3307 and
AB0912 -           ref SDS 31 1491
AB0913 -
AB0914 -
AB0915 -
AB0916 -
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AB10 -

SUBJECTS
GivingSpace Philanthropy Professional Interest GivingSpace
Transformational Spaces Similar to Tim Berners Lee Developed Internet
Reasoning Intelligence Knowledge Driven by Stories to Improve Managem
Stories Key Part of Human Reasoning
Story History Experience Organizatinoal Memory Knowledge Repository
Brain Stores Human Knowledge by Connecting Information into Stories o
Stories Organize Information into Useful Context for Getting Things D
Ion, Heather Wood Proposed Stories Organization Help People Grow Usef
Mission Strengthen Ability to Grow Useful Knowledge Through Stories

AU11 -
AU1201 -        ..
AU1202 -       Appreciative Inquiry Proposes Investigating What Works
AU1203 -       GivingSpace Seminar in Asilomar in September
AU1204 -       Com Metrics Principles Recognized in Record of May Meeting
AU1205 -
AU1206 -
AU1207 - Tom continues...
AU1208 -
AU1209 -       You may be interested in some of the discussions we have been
AU1210 -       having within GivingSpace... last May, we had a meeting at the
AU1211 -       Santa Fe Institute with Murray Gell-Mann, ref DRT 2 X17O
AU1212 -
AU1213 -           http://givingspace.org/May2002/overview.htm
AU1215 -     ..
AU1216 -    [On 020729 Tom called and asked me to review the record of their
AU1217 -    event last May for consideration to attend their next meeting at
AU1218 -    Asilomar. ref SDS 89 H7PT
AU1220 -     ..
AU1221 -    [On 020911 Tom had not reviewed POIMS, was not familiar with Welch
AU1222 -    review that Tom had requested and which was submitted on 020820.
AU1223 -    Tom wanted Welch to attend the event at Asilomar; he was asked to
AU1224 -    review POIMS. ref SDS 95 356N
AU1226 -        ..
AU1227 -       This location has a record at....
AU1228 -
AU1229 -                http://givingspace.org/May2002/minutes.htm
AU1230 -
AU1231 -           ...which shows a good start on Com Metrics, per above.
AU1232 -           ref SDS 0 637J  Tony Hoeber did excellent work preparing a
AU1233 -           record of what was said. ref OF 8 Q67G  It shows a group
AU1234 -           that values, rather than fears, the light of knowledge more
AU1235 -           than the darkness of ignorance.
AU1237 -            ..
AU1238 -           Mission Strengthen Ability to Grow Knowledge Through Stories
AU1239 -           Stories Powerful Method of Growing Useful Knowledge
AU1240 -
AU1241 -           Siegfried and Paul ask for an explanation of the mission
AU1242 -           GivingSpace has adopted. ref OF 8 535F  Some consensus
AU1243 -           seemed to form around strengthening the ability of people to
AU1244 -           tell stories, seemingly recognizing this is a powerful form
AU1245 -           of knowledge that grows civilization. ref OF 8 SQ9G  Paul
AU1246 -           mentions a "wisdom archive." ref OF 8 ZW4K
AU1247 -
AU1248 -              [On 020911 Tom explains GivingSpace is a transformational
AU1249 -              space on the Internet using open source software to
AU1250 -              transform philanthropy by maximizing humanitarian uplift
AU1251 -              for generosity and compassion. ref SDS 95 J85F
AU1253 -            ..
AU1254 -           Heather Wood Ion explained that "stories" and organization
AU1255 -           to assemble the record based on context are a big part of
AU1256 -           getting things done. ref OF 8 S29J and ref OF 8 H63K  While
AU1257 -           not explicitly stated there is implied recognition of
AU1258 -           Campbell's point that humans reason through stories,
AU1259 -           reported on 900303. ref SDS 3 3016  The group also discusses
AU1260 -           developing tools to strengthen understanding the story.
AU1261 -           ref OF 8 PO6H
AU1263 -            ..
AU1264 -           Religion is discussed with respect to opportunity for aiding
AU1265 -           transformation, ref OF 8 LU9F, and indicates the group may
AU1266 -           be open to Com Metrics, as explained in NWO. ref OF 3 4723
AU1268 -            ..
AU1269 -           Stories an important part of religion for conveying lessons
AU1270 -           learned.
AU1272 -            ..
AU1273 -           Growing a Garden of Knowledge Enables Sustainability
AU1274 -
AU1275 -           Murray Gell-Mann also mentions a "gardening" metaphor" in
AU1276 -           the context of making philanthropy effective by growing
AU1277 -           systemic capabilities, rather than harming indigenous
AU1278 -           productivity with massive give-away efforts. ref OF 8 U45L
AU1279 -           David Ellerman supports the idea of philanthropy of igniting
AU1280 -           and supporting self-sustaining processes. ref OF 8 XA4G
AU1281 -
AU1282 -               Gardening and "Gardener" in both contexts reflects the
AU1283 -               process of growing a garden of "knowledge," discussed in
AU1284 -               NWO. ref OF 3 6369
AU1285 -
AU1286 -
AU1287 -
AU1288 -
AU1289 -
AU1290 -
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SUBJECTS
Why Don't You Study What Works - Appreciative Inquiry
Ellerman, Dave Cites Authority Calling for People to Research Study W
Study What Works Supports Reviewing SDS Com Metrics Idea Raised Durin

B405 -
B40601 -            ..
B40602 -           Study What Works
B40603 -
B40604 -           Paul Chaffee presents an insightful question, posed by
B40605 -           David Cooperrider's work,
B40606 -
B40607 -                        Why don't you study what works?
B40608 -
B40609 -           ...that led Paul to develop a methodology of "Appreciative
B40610 -           Inquiry." ref OF 8 BY5K  This concept applies Andy Grove's
B40611 -           idea reviewed on 980307 for executives to study new ideas,
B40612 -           rather than wait to be overwhelmed by market forces.
B40614 -            ..
B40615 -           General Hatch (RET), president of Fluor Daniel's Hanford
B40616 -           Nuclear Facilities unit, illustrates Grove's point,
B40617 -           reporting on 960403 having read the New World Order... paper
B40618 -           three (3) times in order to grasp new ideas for improving
B40619 -           management which are implemented by SDS. ref SDS 21 5592
B40620 -           Grove and Hatch illustrate analysis published by HBR
B40621 -           reported on 940502 showing that successful people are good
B40622 -           learners. ref SDS 9 3381
B40624 -            ..
B40625 -           Failing to study SDS that "works" for adding intelligence to
B40626 -           information prevents people from discovering the secret of
B40627 -           knowledge management.  For example, compare Eric Armstrong's
B40628 -           report on 010916 that SDS enables amazing memory using
B40629 -           mechanisms that obviously work, ref SDS 63 0001, with Jack
B40630 -           Park's letter a few weeks later on 011003 reporting that
B40631 -           nobody else has a clue about how to develop KM. ref SDS 66
B40632 -           O74L  Earlier on 000504 Jack urged review of SDS and Com
B40633 -           Metrics in order to learn how to perform and develop
B40634 -           Knowledge Management, because the SDS record on the Internet
B40635 -           demosntrates something that works. ref SDS 44 6082  A week
B40636 -           previously, Jack reported SDS is a proof of concept.
B40637 -           ref SDS 43 3315
B40639 -            ..
B40640 -           Additionally, on 001031 Jack reported in a letter to the
B40641 -           OHS/DKR team noting delimma of people giving up developing
B40642 -           Knowledge Management saying there isn't enough knowedge,
B40643 -           when someone was in the meeting who was using Knowledge
B40644 -           Management to help the team. ref SDS 51 0S8L
B40646 -            ..
B40647 -           Yet, for over two (2) years nobody has commented in any
B40648 -           meaningful way on POIMS.  Even Jack, who recommended on
B40649 -           000504 that people invest time to ponder POIMS, ref SDS 44
B40650 -           6082, and later on 001130 urged that SDS has the right
B40651 -           design for the structure of knowledge and an interface that
B40652 -           makes knowledge useful to people, refuses to comment on
B40653 -           POIMS, as shown by his letters when asked for comments on...
B40654 -
B40655 -              KM explained in POIMS.......... 010411, ref SDS 55 624N
B40656 -              Alphabet technology improved... 011208, ref SDS 70 4Q5L
B40658 -            ..
B40659 -           What then prevents people from studying what works, even
B40660 -           those who urge others to take this step?
B40662 -            ..
B40663 -           One answer is cultural inertia noted by Andy Grove...
B40664 -
B40665 -              People like to work on familiar things in familiar ways
B40666 -
B40667 -           ...reviewed on 980307. ref SDS 30 1657
B40669 -            ..
B40670 -           Cultural inertia is often manifested by desire for simple
B40671 -           answers, like "big is better," that divert attention from
B40672 -           small efforts sprouting up while everybody is gazing upward
B40673 -           to the giants hoping for salvation, under the common rule...
B40674 -
B40675 -
B40676 -                           The Emperor has no cloths
B40677 -
B40678 -
B40679 -           ...reviewed on 951011. ref SDS 16 6811
B40680 -
B40681 -               [On 020920 Dave Snowden at IBM reported not having
B40682 -               enough time to study what works.  Wants simple
B40683 -               explanation for solving problem of growing complexity in
B40684 -               daily management. ref SDS 96 UN6H
B40686 -            ..
B40687 -           Dave Ellerman may have encountered this rule at the World
B40688 -           Bank, based on his remarks, per above. ref SDS 0 GS4H
B40689 -           However, herd mentality should not excuse professional
B40690 -           researchers from looking for promising technologies upon
B40691 -           encountering "what works," as shown by the record on 010907.
B40692 -           ref SDS 61 KX3L
B40694 -            ..
B40695 -           Duane Elgin reports slow progress on research by SRI for NSF
B40696 -           and the EPA, caused him to take a new direction. ref OF 8
B40697 -           6N9J  May align with experience on 991213 showing NSF was
B40698 -           unable to support a brighter future for the nation because
B40699 -           it was too hard to click a link in order resolve the many
B40700 -           dilemmas of knowledge management. ref SDS 41 9435 and
B40701 -           ref SDS 41 1764
B40703 -            ..
B40704 -           Tony's record of the GivingSpace conference in Sante Fe this
B40705 -           past May, is a big step toward growing knowledge from
B40706 -           organizational memory, discussed on 010924. ref SDS 65 L46F
B40708 -            ..
B40709 -           Dave Ellerman delivered an interesting paper, as well,
B40710 -           ref OF 8 O44O, which stands out because Tom references
B40711 -           Dave's paper on bookkeeping, above. ref SDS 0 443M  Dave
B40712 -           reports challenges of social resistance to a new way of
B40713 -           working. cited above. ref SDS 0 GS4H
B40714 -
B40715 -
B40716 -
B408 -

SUBJECTS
Action Items Budgets Assignments Needed to Advance GivingSpace Agenda
Action Items Set by Tom Munnecke Need Budgets Assignments Schedule Pr
Staff Assignments Budget Schedule Project Management Practices Requir
Rhetoric Not Enough to Advance GivingSpace Agenda Need Project Manage

B906 -
B90701 -            ..
B90702 -           Goals Need Budgets, Plans, Assignments, Feedback on Results
B90703 -
B90704 -           Dennis Wittle commented about need for more than rhetoric to
B90705 -           advance GivingSpace objectives. ref OF 8 6Q4O  This view was
B90706 -           discussed at SRI on 000324 where hopes were fanned, but
B90707 -           needed budgets, plans, schedules and assignments to actually
B90708 -           move the ball forward. ref SDS 42 9776
B90710 -            ..
B90711 -           Tom Munnecke seems to list possible action items...
B90712 -
B90713 -               1.  Scalable trust.
B90714 -               2.  Organization.  Online conversational support, Giving Circles, etc.
B90715 -               3.  Storytelling archive.
B90716 -               4.  PML.
B90717 -               5.  News Tagging Project.
B90718 -               6.  Open software for transformation.
B90720 -               ..
B90721 -              [On 020911 Tom explains GivingSpace is a transformational
B90722 -              space on the Internet using open source software to
B90723 -              transform philanthropy by maximizing humanitarian uplift
B90724 -              for generosity and compassion. ref SDS 95 J85F
B90726 -            ..
B90727 -           Resources, assignments, metrics and reviews are not
B90728 -           discussed. ref OF 8 4U6L
B90730 -            ..
B90731 -           Contributors at this event are prominent in organizations
B90732 -           already involved in philanthropy.  This presents opportunity
B90733 -           for GivingSpace to influence allocation of resources in
B90734 -           productive ways, without actually directing the work. Harold
B90735 -           seems to be angling toward this idea. ref OF 8 KT3H  David
B90736 -           Ellerman's closing remarks make a similar point. ref OF 8
B90737 -           AW8O
B90738 -
B90739 -
B90740 -
B908 -

SUBJECTS
Contribute Differently to Advance Philanthropy from Other Organizatio
GivingSpace Can Stumble Fail Trying to Do What Others are Already Doi

BB04 -
BB0501 -            ..
BB0502 -           Structure, People and Goals Enable GivingSpace to Flourish
BB0503 -
BB0504 -           Harold Koenig recommends that GivingSpace keep the momentum
BB0505 -           going by defining a structure and attracting people that
BB0506 -           enable contributing in ways that are exceptional.  Harold
BB0507 -           cautions the organization can stumble by trying to do
BB0508 -           something someone else is already going to do. ref OF 8 KT3H
BB0510 -        ..
BB0511 -       [On 020820 submitted letter suggesting ways for GivingSpace to
BB0512 -       make exceptional contribution. ref SDS 94 OY4M
BB0514 -            ..
BB0515 -           Gavin recognizes that most global communities don't survive
BB0516 -           unless 1. they have a tangible problem they need to solve,
BB0517 -           and 2) only some of the people will participate a lot, so
BB0518 -           one person has to be the gardener. ref OF 8 B14M
BB0519 -
BB0520 -              [On 020911 Tom explains GivingSpace is a transformational
BB0521 -              space on the Internet using open source software to
BB0522 -              transform philanthropy by maximizing humanitarian uplift
BB0523 -              for generosity and compassion. ref SDS 95 J85F
BB0524 -
BB0525 -
BB0526 -
BB0527 -
BB06 -

SUBJECTS
GivingSpace Philanthropy Professional Interest GivingSpace
Asilomar Conference on GivingSpace Philanthropy Professional Interest
Munnecke, Tom Explains Next Conference to Follow Up Event at Santa Fe

BE05 -
BE0601 -  ..
BE0602 - Tom says the group is working on their next....
BE0603 -
BE0604 -       Asilomar conference in September...
BE0605 -
BE0606 -           http://givingspace.org/sep2002/intro.htm
BE0608 -        ..
BE0609 -       Asilomar brings back many memories of events sponsored by
BE0610 -       PMI....
BE0611 -
BE0612 -             Management and cog science....... 900717, ref SDS 4 8409
BE0613 -             Communication case study......... 940611, ref SDS 11 8239
BE0614 -
BE0615 -       ...that led to planning a conference at Asilomar for advancing
BE0616 -       ideas from prior events, reported on 951114. ref SDS 19 0001
BE0618 -        ..
BE0619 -       As shown on 960715, we did not measure up to expectations for
BE0620 -       this event. ref SDS 24 0001  Yet, as with all human experience
BE0621 -       there is potential to learn and advance. ref OF 4 0001
BE0622 -
BE0623 -              [On 020911 agenda for Asilomar and discussion with Tom
BE0624 -              indicate GivingSpace is a transformational space on the
BE0625 -              Internet using open source software to transform
BE0626 -              philanthropy by maximizing humanitarian uplift for
BE0627 -              generosity and compassion. ref SDS 95 J85F
BE0628 -
BE0629 -
BE0630 -
BE0631 -
BE0632 -
BE0633 -
BE0634 -
BE07 -

SUBJECTS
GivingSpace Philanthropy Professional Interest GivingSpace
Counting What Counts Big Idea of GivingSpace
Can What Counts be Counted Traditional Accounting Cost Control Manage
Communication Biggest Risk Enterprise Listening Understanding Follow
GivingSpace Munnecke, Tom Count What Counts Traditional Accounting Co

BO07 -
BO0801 -        ..
BO0802 -       Count What Counts the Most Path Enables Transformation
BO0803 -       Literacy Transformed from Information to Culture of Knowledge
BO0804 -
BO0805 -       Heather Wood Ion wrote a thoughtful paper on...
BO0806 -
BO0807 -                  "Can What Counts be Counted?"
BO0808 -
BO0809 -       ....referenced in Tom's letter. ref DRT 2 G48L
BO0810 -
BO0811 -           http://www.givingspace.org/papers/may2002/Heather1.doc
BO0816 -        ..
BO0817 -       This is a powerful idea for proactive efforts to prevent
BO0818 -       problems embodied in Com Metrics, per Tom's background in major
BO0819 -       procurement programs, noted below. ref SDS 0 IX5M
BO0821 -        ..
BO0822 -       Heather presents background on the title of the piece formulated
BO0823 -       to discuss prenatal care that is not counted using traditional
BO0824 -       metrics that focus on transactions of sickness and treatment,
BO0825 -       rather than prevention.
BO0826 -
BO0827 -          [On 020911 Tom explains GivingSpace is a transformational
BO0828 -          space on the Internet using open source software to improve
BO0829 -          philanthropy by increasing public accountability maximizing
BO0830 -          humanitarian uplift for generosity and compassion.
BO0831 -          ref SDS 95 J85F
BO0833 -        ..
BO0834 -       A big question that arises in Communication Metrics is how to
BO0835 -       formulate useful "metrics," as seen by discussion on 950204,
BO0836 -       ref SDS 13 0937, and later on 950223. ref SDS 14 5567 and
BO0837 -       ref SDS 14 8896
BO0838 -
BO0839 -          [On 020911 Tom recalls challenge of creating meaningful
BO0840 -          metrics for communication that counts the most to advance
BO0841 -          civilization. ref SDS 95 5X6H
BO0843 -        ..
BO0844 -       Accurcy is the weakness of communication that SDS improves by
BO0845 -       adding alignment to avoid mistakes.  This might be measured by
BO0846 -       counting the number of links that reflect the potential for
BO0847 -       errors.
BO0849 -        ..
BO0850 -       Good management to prevent problems is an issue that arises in
BO0851 -       Com Metrics where executives will pay any amount to fix
BO0852 -       problems, because that shows up on the balance sheet, but are
BO0853 -       unable to pay anything for proactive management to avoid
BO0854 -       mistakes, because prevention and deterrance bring deferred
BO0855 -       rewards that are hard to count. see...
BO0856 -
BO0857 -           Deferred rewards.................... POIMS, ref OF 1 SK7L
BO0859 -            ..
BO0860 -           Calculating savings not easy........ POIMS, ref OF 1 LE6L
BO0861 -           ..
BO0862 -           Communication predicate to action so
BO0863 -           savings from improving communication
BO0864 -           much greater than measuring cost
BO0865 -           and schedule metrics.................. NWO, ref OF 3 29G5
BO0867 -            ..
BO0868 -           Executives lack faith to try....... 890809, ref SDS 2 8211
BO0870 -            ..
BO0871 -           Front-end investment hard sell..... 890809, ref SDS 2 YM5N
BO0872 -           ..
BO0873 -           Pay anything to fix problems, no
BO0874 -           money to avoid problems............ 011211, ref SDS 71 PPWU
BO0876 -            ..
BO0877 -           Planning to count what counts
BO0878 -           most............................... 020607, ref SDS 80 0001
BO0880 -        ..
BO0881 -       Literacy is presented by Heather for transforming education,
BO0882 -       which fits the model of advancing toward a culture of knowledge,
BO0883 -       where the practice of literacy using alphabet technology is
BO0884 -       strengthened by SDS for "intelligence" support to "connect the
BO0885 -       dots" for understanding cause and effect, per POIMS. ref OF 1
BO0886 -       6649
BO0888 -        ..
BO0889 -       This group might therefore take up the larger problem of
BO0890 -       cultural forces in the work place that suppress literacy,
BO0891 -       developed in the record on 991108, ref SDS 40 7380, and
BO0892 -       consequent need for continual learning posed on 011029,
BO0893 -       ref SDS 68 MT6G, that transforms the frenzy to graze on
BO0894 -       information into a powerful culture of knowledge, noted in
BO0895 -       POIMS. ref OF 1 MQ6J and ref OF 1 SK7L
BO0896 -
BO0897 -
BO0898 -
BO0899 -
BO0900 -
BO0901 -
BO0902 -
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SUBJECTS
Vice President SAIC in San Diego
Technology Large Scale Architecture Example Veterans Administration
Architect VA DOD Health Care Systems
Roebuck, Roy May Have Worked with Tom on Large Scale Architecture
Munnecke, Tom with SAIC Inquires about SDS for Health Care and Philan
Knowledge Space Tom Munnecke with SAIC asks about SDS

BU08 -
BU0901 -  ..
BU0902 - Large Scale Architecture for DOD Projects Implements FAR
BU0903 - Tom's Biography Shows Work in Research, Healthcare, Technology
BU0904 -
BU0905 -
BU0906 - Tom continues...
BU0907 -
BU0908 -       (Quick background: I am a VP of Science Applications
BU0909 -       International Corp (www.saic.com) with a background in large
BU0910 -       scale software architecture (was one of the chief architects of
BU0911 -       the VA and DoD hospital information systems).  I am taking a
BU0912 -       sabbatical this year as a visiting scholar at Stanford's Digital
BU0913 -       Vision project. ref DRT 2 NW9G
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BU0915 -           http://reuters.stanford.edu
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BU0918 - Tom may have met Roy Reobuck at SAIC who asked about SDS in a letter
BU0919 - on 990215, ref SDS 32 3510, and later on 990417 submitted ideas for a
BU0920 - proposal to NSF. ref SDS 33 6897  Recently, on 020217 Roy's views on
BU0921 - SDS demonstrated advantages of transformation from bad management to
BU0922 - good management, which seems evident in Tom's letter today.
BU0923 - ref SDS 75 1332
BU0925 -        ..
BU0926 -       [On 020729 Tom called, and sent letter presenting these action
BU0927 -       items. ref SDS 89 LR4M
BU0929 -  ..
BU0930 - Roy's work with DOD and expertise with large scale procurement issues,
BU0931 - fits the model of Tom's work on large scale architecture for DOD, so
BU0932 - they might have touched base at SAIC, and this would provide
BU0933 - orientation for Tom in understanding SDS and Com Metrics.
BU0935 -  ..
BU0936 - What is Tom's take on Roy's proposition that Com Metrics, enabled by
BU0937 - SDS, enables people to make...
BU0938 -
BU0939 -                   communication count the most
BU0940 -
BU0941 - ...in human affairs, as related on 020217, ref SDS 75 9360, even
BU0942 - though traditional metrics are unable to count communication in any
BU0943 - meaningful way, per concept of GivingSpace in the article Tom submits
BU0944 - for review today, per above? ref SDS 0 J484
BU0946 -  ..
BU0947 - NWO presents ways to count what counts the most. ref OF 3 0742
BU0949 -  ..
BU0950 - USACE also took a stab in a report on 971007. ref DRP 2 4680
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BU0955 - FAR DCMA DOD Present Large Scale Management Challenges
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BU0957 - Tom's work on architecture for large scale DOD and VA projects would
BU0958 - have interacted with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR).  This
BU0959 - experience enables comment on challenge to use good management under
BU0960 - conditions of chronic information overload, noticed recently in review
BU0961 - of defects in FAR requirements. ref SDS 77 IY4I
BU0963 -  ..
BU0964 - How did Tom's big projects work out relative to reports on 011006 of
BU0965 - difficulties Aerospace company encountered with systems architecture on the
BU0966 - International Space Station project? ref SDS 67 O99K
BU0968 -  ..
BU0969 - Tom's goals to strengthen large scale transformations aligns with
BU0970 - concern that all systems degrade to entropy, absent proactive methods
BU0971 - to maintain alignment between daily communication on work in progress
BU0972 - and objectives, requirements and commitments, reported on 970707.
BU0973 - ref SDS 25 0108
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