CONTACTS 
0201 - 6 Seconds                                    650 685 9885
020101 - Ms. Marsha Rideout; Director of Instruction =650 685 9880
020102 - marsha@6seconds.org

SUBJECTS
POIMS Review to Develop Circle of Advocates
Ambassadors for Change
Rideout, Marsha Working on Emotional Intelligence Curriculum

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0706 - Summary/Objective
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070701 - Follow up ref SDS 7 0000.
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070703 - Had a long talk with Marsh last night.  She is the main marketing
070704 - effort for her organization that provides training and support for
070705 - teaching "emotional intelligence," explained in our visit on 010929.
070706 - ref SDS 2 KO3K  Later on 011105 I sent information to Marsha that
070707 - related to her work in emotional intelligence, ref SDS 4 IH4J, that
070708 - was linked to the record on 011110. ref SDS 3 3X4F  This was primarily
070709 - aimed at exposing the SDS methodology.
070711 -  ..
070712 - I wrote to Marsha in August, and on 020826 she sent a thoughtful
070713 - letter that discussed keeping in touch, ref SDS 7 0001, so this
070714 - evening I called.
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070754 - Marsha is developing new projects for her company 6Seconds.  Their
070755 - work on emotional intelligence and in the educational arena provides
070756 - experience that enables understanding SDS and Communication Metrics.
070757 - Keeping the doors open remains a challenge, per Marsha's letter on
070758 - 020826. ref SDS 7 GT53  She feels they may miss a payroll, but has
070759 - some initiatives going that hopefully will turn things around before
070760 - long.
070762 -  ..
070763 - Marsha has the experience and perspective to be an effective agent for
070764 - SDS and Com Metrics.  While we talked, I read the letter from Wende on
070765 - 030225. ref SDS 11 MY5M
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070768 - Marsha concurs with Wende's main point that advancing new ideas is not
070769 - something that the academic community is geared to accomplish.
070770 - ref SDS 11 HF58
070772 -  ..
070773 - Marsha suggests following up with Wende to engage her support and/or
070774 - obtaining referral to others she feels may share her interest in SDS
070775 - and Com Metrics.
070776 -
070777 -      [...called Wende in another record today. ref SDS 12 0001
070779 -  ..
070780 - Our discussion revealed common views.  In some ways, Marsha reminds of
070781 - Lucille who for many years was a terrific sounding board for ideas in
070782 - the early 80s developing SDS and Com Metrics.  Marsha recognizes the
070783 - problem of limited span of attention, and that cell phones, fax, email
070784 - which devote a greater share of time in stream-of-conscious activity,
070785 - reduces the time people have for thinking.  This issue is addressed in
070786 - POIMS and NWO, as shown on 020930. ref SDS 9 I65I
070788 -  ..
070789 - We discussed the need to develop a circle of advocates, as explained
070790 - by Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld in remarks to the War College in
070791 - Washington DC on 020131. ref SDS 5 6L5K  Implementation entails
070792 - following up with Wende, as Marsh recommends. ref SDS 0 WK5R  I would
070793 - love to have someone like Marsha call Wende and others about SDS and
070794 - Com Metrics, because this work requires someone who understands both
070795 - the opportunity of improving "intelligence" and the challenge of
070796 - discussing complex, sensitive issues.
070798 -  ..
070799 - Marsha agreed to read through some of POIMS to see if there is some
070800 - alignment with her experience and interests, as we seem to believe
070801 - from chatting on the phone. ref OF 1 0001
070803 -  ..
070804 - She reminded that some of the correspondence sent to her email address
070805 - is getting mis-directed for some unknown reason, and so suggested
070806 - using an alternate email address, along with her own address....
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070809 -                   staff@6seconds.org
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070812 - Last night after our call I sent ref DIT 1 0001 to Marsha, saying....
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070814 -    1.  So good to talk to you.  You sound well and in good spirits --
070815 -        struggle on interesting work can be very healthy.
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070817 -        Here is a link to POIMS. ref OF 1 0001
070819 -         ..
070820 -    2.  As we discussed, try to plow through 4 or 5 para in 20 minutes
070821 -        or so.  Don't click any links, and, if you do, use the back
070822 -        button to return and continue the main theme.  If you see
070823 -        common ground, consider asking colleagues to take a look and
070824 -        build consensus on opportunity for advancing and/or expanding
070825 -        your mission. ref DIT 1 676I
070831 -         ..
070832 -    4.  Thanks for talking.  I don't want to overload you, so only if
070833 -        time permits take a peak at this letter, ref DIT 1 Y77I, sent
070834 -        on 020930, ref SDS 9 6J8O, that tracks the cultural drift we
070835 -        talked about this evening. ref DIP 1 0001
070837 -         ..
070838 -    5.  Notice how the letter draws on POIMS and other materials to
070839 -        illustrate a more robust form of bibliography, which is not
070840 -        available in conventional publications. ref DIT 1 R78F  Again,
070841 -        be hesitant about opening links, until you read the whole
070842 -        thing, and use the back button to return.
070844 -         ..
070845 -    6.  We are only at the beginning in launching a culture of
070846 -        knowledge that applies connectionist theory in cognitive
070847 -        science, recommended, for example, by Peter Drucker, reviewed
070848 -        on 991015. ref SDS 1 0785  It is to be expected that we have to
070849 -        work through how best to apply new power.  The current
070850 -        challenge is that, after spending 10 years pleading for the
070851 -        power to link, illustrated by experience of the OHS/DKR
070852 -        community, reviewed on 020820, ref SDS 6 KY4I, when that power
070853 -        is rendered, as shown by this record, people pull back, as
070854 -        shown in the record on 020924, ref SDS 8 KT8F, because making
070855 -        connections is central part of the "intelligence" process, and
070856 -        human intelligence is not only an awesome power, is also larely
070857 -        a mystery that is at first frightening to behold. ref DIT 1
070858 -        188M  What people don't realize is that there is no obligation
070859 -        to click a link, but rather links provide opportunity to visit
070860 -        far away places in an instant. Moreover, without active links
070861 -        in the source material, the mind exercises randomly links of
070862 -        its own that often wander far off the mark, d but without any
070863 -        conscious awareness, due to meaning drift, as explained in
070864 -        POIMS, ref OF 2 049O, leading to wide disparity interpreting
070865 -        common material, that destroys the goal of communication to
070866 -        build shared meaning, as explained in NWO. ref OF 7 4077
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071201 - Called and left a message asking if Marsha received the letter with a
071202 - link to POIMS.
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071601 - Received ref DRT 1 0001 from Marsha saying....
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071603 -      I'm just confirming that I received the email and will take look
071604 -      this weekend.  Phone is ringing off the hook this morning for our
071605 -      Conference in Nova Scotia so I missed your call.  I too enjoyed
071606 -      our chat last night - and appreciate your commitment to Ron U.
071607 -      He gave a lot and deserves some reciprocity in "older" age.
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