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DIARY: July 12, 1996 07:15 AM Friday; Rod Welch

Complete paper for Morris' Asilomar presentation.

1...Summary/Objective
2...PMBOK Defines Leadership
3...Understanding
4...Consciousness Structure Supported by Technology
5...Follow Up - What Does It Mean?
6...Talking & Listening Primary Management Function
7...Executive Mindset is discussed as an obstacle to leadership at
.....Empowering people to "tell the truth" where "truth is a moving
8...Technology helps leadership find the right direction and vision, to
9...Leadership with Broader Vision, courage to sail uncharted waters is
10...Reengineering how managers work rather than simply where they work is
11...Using more than 2% of innate mental capacity is discussed at
12...Knowledge Space


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CONTACTS 
0201 - Chips & Tech.                                                                                                                                                      O-00000039 0101
020101 - Mr. Morris E. Jones
020102 - Sr. Vice President

SUBJECTS
Papers, for Event Binders
Chips, Morris Jones, V.P., Founder
Understanding, Organic Structure
Definition of "Follow Up"
Obstacles to Leadership, Ovecoming
Traceability to Original Sources
Understanding - Writing & Linking Unlock
Technology, Leadership Ally
Technology Improves Understanding/Analysis,
Hubris, Self-Dialog to Discover Errors
PMBOK, Apply Consistently with Technology
Define "Understanding"

1814 -
1814 -    ..
1815 - Summary/Objective
1816 -
181601 - Follow up ref SDS 47 0000, ref SDS 46 0000.
181602 -
181603 - Completed paper for Morris that integrates his presentation on the
181604 - executive mindset as an obstical to leadership, with ideas developed
181605 - on 960620 in the paper for Dave Bounchrisitiani, of concurrent
181606 - discovery, truth is a moving target, knowledge space.
181608 -  ..
181609 - Submitted ref OF 7 0001 to Morris via Internet, transmitted using
181610 - ref DIT 1, apologizing for late submission.
181611 -
181612 -    [See review meeting with Morris, ref SDS 50 line 220, ref SDS 50
181613 -    line 1287.]
181614 -
181615 -    [See follow up developing SI for Obstacles to Leadership, ref SDS
181616 -    52 line 38.]
181617 -
181619 -  ..
1817 -
1818 -
1819 - Progress
1820 -
182001 - Completed a draft of ideas for Morris that aims to complement the
182002 - paper for David Bouncristiani, ref SDS 35 8867, and accomplishing
182003 - objective in discussions with General Hatch, ref SDS 23 1111, as well
182004 - as the ideas in the paper submitted to PMI to publicize the Asilomar
182005 - event, ref DIP 1 line 59 submitted at ref SDS 24 7477.
182007 -  ..
182008 - I called this paper:
182009 -
182010 -         Reengineering to Win in a Global Economy:
182011 -         New Needs, New Roles, New Skills for Effective Leadership
182013 -  ..
182014 - I think a simpler/better title might be:
182015 -
182016 -         Leadership in a Global Economy:
182017 -         New Needs, Roles and Skills
182018 - ..
182019 - Another title could be:
182020 -
182021 -         Obsticles to Leadership:  the Executive Mindset
182022 -
182023 -    [This led to a new Subject Index for SDS on 960820. ref SDS 52
182024 -    2048]
182025 -
182027 -  ..
182028 - PMBOK Defines Leadership
182029 -
182030 - It applies the definition of leadership in the PMBOK, and uses a
182031 - matrix of obstacles for evaluating the leadership tasks, ref OF 7 line
182032 - 21 and, ref OF 7 line 45.  This integrates Sherrill's goal for Morris
182033 - to discuss obstacles, ref DRP 1 line 302, with the aim of evaluating
182034 - the PMBOK, discussed with Bill DeHart at ref SDS 26 line 201,
182035 - ref SDS 23 line 225.  The PMBOK correlates fairly well with Drucker's
182036 - definition of management, reviewed on 931130. ref SDS 3 8229
182037 -
182039 -  ..
182040 - I wanted to develop the idea of too much information is simply "noise"
182041 - if it cannot be connected up, as discussed at ref SDS 21 line 468.
182042 - But did not really accomplish it.
182043 -
182045 -  ..
182046 - Understanding
182047 -
182048 - This paper supports the definition of Communication Metrics created on
182049 - 950327, ref SDS 8 7777, by explaining at ref OF 7 5783, how technology
182050 - can support "understanding." ref DIT 1 0000.
182052 -  ..
182053 - This addresses the common sense management perspective that technology
182054 - cannot support "understanding," shown in Morris' outline for Asilomar.
182055 - ref OF 5 8842
182057 -  ..
182058 - It provides a broader perspective than is evident from industry, per
182059 - example at Chips on 951228. ref SDS 15 9001  Research in Risk
182060 - Management on 951212 shows that failure in human endeavors is caused
182061 - by failed understanding. see ref SDS 13 8022  As well, Dr.  Landauer's
182062 - work on human knowledge acquisition indicates a system of "metrics"
182063 - can be used to improve "understanding." ref SDS 22 0011.
182065 -  ..
182066 - This provides another way to deal with the distinction between
182067 - information and knowledge without using religion, per letter from
182068 - Uncle Jim, received on 940722. ref SDS 6 6666
182069 -
182070 -     [On 960715, looks like he did not present these ideas though per
182071 -     ref SDS 48 1111.]
182073 -      ..
182074 -     [Discussed with Kavinder at Turner, ref SDS 51 6937.]
182076 -      ..
182077 -     [On 971202 explained "understanding" to managers with U.S. Army
182078 -     Corps of Engineers in Washington D.C. ref SDS 54 6110]
182080 -      ..
182081 -     [On 980114 linked these ideas into an updated issue of the NWO
182082 -     paper for publication on the Internet.
182084 -      ..
182085 -     [On 980723 explained "understanding" is supported by technology
182086 -     and Communication Metrics. ref SDS 56 0981
182087 -
182089 -  ..
182090 - Consciousness Structure Supported by Technology
182091 -
182092 - Want to close by citing the delination from (0,1) to vision that came
182093 - from meeting with Intel, ref SDS 40 4833.  Actually, worked this into
182094 - a different place in the middle, ref OF 7 3077, and was able to close
182095 - by citing the Lynn Conway idea of introducing a new system of
182096 - knowledge, discussed with David Buoncristiani the other day,
182097 - ref SDS 45 1811.
182098 -
182100 -  ..
182101 - Follow Up - What Does It Mean?
182102 -
182103 - Explained the idea of follow up as analogous to inspection on the job
182104 - and to accounting, cost and schedule control, ref OF 7 line 556.
182105 -
182106 - It is the planning, scheduling and actual work that flows from
182107 - understanding.
182109 -  ..
182110 - Another dimension of follow up is "feedback"
182111 -
182112 -      [On 971229 management training film shows value of feedback for
182113 -      follow up. ref SDS 55 2914]
182114 -
182115 -
182117 -  ..
182118 - Talking & Listening Primary Management Function
182119 -
182120 - This is described as a form of "follow up" where an executive asks
182121 - people how they are doing, and prefers to talk and listen than to read
182122 - reports and analyses, ref OF 7 line 606.  This is the source of the
182123 - endless meetings people attend.  Talking seems a fast and easy way to
182124 - get knowledge and to expedite the work, per example at S&C Ford, ref
182125 - SDS 11 line 109; Primavera, ref SDS 9 line 383.
182126 -
182128 -  ..
182129 - Executive Mindset is discussed as an obstacle to leadership at
182130 - ref OF 7 line 528, also discussing meaning drift, from analysis of Dr.
182131 - Tom Landauer's paper, ref SDS 27 line 357, and later letter to PMI on
182132 - publicizing Asilomar, ref DIP 1 line 61 and ref DIP 1 line 234, per
182133 - ref SDS 24 line 191.
182134 -
182135 -     Empowering people to "tell the truth" where "truth is a moving
182136 -     target" on the Informtion Highway, discussed in the paper for
182137 -     David Bouncristiani, ref SDS 35 line 207, and analysis of Henry
182138 -     Kissinger's book "Diplomacy." ref SDS 5 line 186.
182139 -
182140 -     [See examples at ref SDS 53 line 180.]
182141 -
182143 -  ..
182144 - Technology helps leadership find the right direction and vision, to
182145 - set objectives, ref OF 7 line 258, per discussion with Hank Hatch and
182146 - later Jim Scott at Fluor Daniel, ref SDS 25 line 203.
182148 -  ..
182149 - "Booklearning" analogy to explain challenge of cultural change to
182150 - better knowledge tools and work practices, is explained at ref OF 7
182151 - line 876.
182152 -
182153 -      [It was expressed by Morris at Asilomar by observing that
182154 -      computers have not changed nor improved work practices of
182155 -      executives, ref SDS 50 line 836.]
182156 -
182158 -  ..
182159 - Leadership with Broader Vision, courage to sail uncharted waters is
182160 - cited at ref OF 7 line 1111, citing work by Lynn Conway at Xerox on
182161 - VLSI, ref SDS 34 line 275, and prior discussion with Morris at
182162 - ref SDS 7 7499.
182163 -
182164 -
182165 -
182166 -
1822 -

SUBJECTS
Reengineer Where People Work, Who They Work

1903 -
190401 -  ..
190402 - Reengineering how managers work rather than simply where they work is
190403 - discussed at ref OF 7 line 1080.
190404 -
190405 -     [See discussion with Morris on Asilomar at ref SDS 50 line 861,
190406 -     and at ref SDS 50 line 903 on "reengineering."
190407 -
190408 -
190409 -
1905 -

SUBJECTS
10% of Mental Capacity is Used, SDS Lifts

2003 -
200401 -  ..
200402 - Using more than 2% of innate mental capacity is discussed at
200403 - ref OF 7 ZK8G, from the work on 911121. ref SDS 2 2582
200404 -
200405 -
200406 -
200407 -
200408 -
200409 -
2005 -

SUBJECTS
Space, Identifying Management Details
Intelligence Business

2204 -
220501 -  ..
220502 - Knowledge Space
220503 -
220504 - At ref OF 7 8456, I expand the idea of "knowledge space," which
220505 - supports "intelligence," from the paper on Dialog, Documents and Human
220506 - Memory, prepared on 960620. ref SDS 35 3516
220507 -
220508 - This was developed further from recent discussions with Martin at
220509 - Stanford on their CIFE program, ref SDS 43 8451.  The idea of
220510 - integrating the SDS data base with a CAD file could be very helpful,
220511 - ref SDS 43 7345, and analysis from discussion with Ray Levitt on
220512 - 960716. ref SDS 49 8834
220513 -
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220515 -
220516 -
2206 -
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