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DIARY: June 21, 2003 06:38 AM Saturday; Rod Welch

Called Jerry at home; he is working on agreement.

1...Summary/Objective


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SUBJECTS
Communication Called Jerry at Home This Morning to Avoid Going Dark J
Agreement Jerry Working on Draft Today Toward Schedule to Submit Draf
SDS 2 Worlds Bridge Gap from SDS for Paperless Office Printed SDS Doc
Rationale Scope of Project Set by Agreement to Protect Intellectual P
Showing the Flag Communication Called Jerry at Home This Morning to A
Paperless Office Resisted Printed SDS Documents Plans to Write and Di
SDS Agreement Jerry Printed SDS Records and Correspondence into Docum

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1310 - Summary/Objective
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131101 - Follow up ref SDS 6 0000, ref SDS 5 0000.
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131103 - Called Jerry at home this morning to test our communication using his
131104 - home number, which requires entering *2 prior to dialing, because they
131105 - have call block.
131107 -  ..
131108 - His son answered and took a message.
131110 -  ..
131111 - Jerry called back a few minutes later.
131113 -  ..
131114 - I explained there is nothing specific to discuss, just wanted to "show
131115 - the flag," implementing our plan for regular communication, per
131116 - Jerry's ideas in our call yesterday. ref SDS 6 6W51
131118 -  ..
131119 - Jerry said he has printed everything, and will take this with him when
131120 - he and his wife drive to a concert in the Southern part of Nebraska
131121 - later this afternoon.  She will drive and Jerry will write and dictate
131122 - the agreement, per planning yesterday. ref SDS 6 5T94
131124 -         ..
131125 -        This is an example of transformation issue discussed on 030612
131126 -        about the need and inclination to use existing skills for
131127 -        making a living. ref SDS 4 Y16K
131128 -
131129 -            [On 030718 Jerry asked about transformation from documents
131130 -            to a paperless office using SDS Knowledge Space.
131131 -            ref SDS 7 OK9J
131133 -         ..
131134 -        We have identified a number of dilemmas on bridging the gap
131135 -        between two (2) worlds in transformation from information to a
131136 -        culture of knowledge....
131137 -
131138 -        1.  Information technology (IT) strives to convert everything
131139 -            on a computer that is needed for management into a document
131140 -            using traditional practices of literacy; whereas, SDS
131141 -            strives to convert printed documents into computer files
131142 -            for adding intelligence that converts information into
131143 -            knowledge that makes management effective.  On 020512
131144 -            conflicting incentives of information management that
131145 -            requires printing, and knowledge management that requires
131146 -            online material was reviewed. ref SDS 3 ZT54
131148 -             ..
131149 -        2.  Time invested using Microsoft Outlook and similar tools to
131150 -            provide some organization for being prepared to find
131151 -            information when needed, reduces time available for using
131152 -            SDS to capture and organize the record, discussed with Gary
131153 -            Johnson on 030617. ref SDS 5 R279
131155 -             ..
131156 -        3.  Information satifies biological drive to take immediate
131157 -            action by relying on sensory perception processed by innate
131158 -            mental intelligence for making connections with relevant
131159 -            experience and determining correlations and implications
131160 -            for cause and effect.  SDS externalizes "intelligence" by
131161 -            enabling deliberative analysis to improve accuracy, but
131162 -            takes more time, which conflicts with the drive to take
131163 -            immediate action.
131165 -             ..
131166 -        4.  Organization creating and assigning subjects using organic
131167 -            structure takes time and expertise that is not common to
131168 -            conventional management practice, and increases the tension
131169 -            between taking immediate action under para 3, ref SDS 0
131170 -            BU9U, and investing time to be prepared for taking
131171 -            effective, timely action when needed in the future.
131173 -             ..
131174 -        5.  Flexible structure explained on 890523, ref SDS 1 P13O, so
131175 -            that everything is in the right place at the right time
131176 -            enabled by SDS, reported on 010425, ref SDS 2 EP7F,
131177 -            conflicts with conventional practice to maintain structure
131178 -            through innate intelligence, or use rigid forms management
131179 -            that lacks flexibility to accomodate different
131180 -            circumstances.
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