FLACSO/MN KN SEMINARFLACSO/MN KN SEMINAR

Welcome, everyone!Welcome, everyone!We Look forward to a great We Look forward to a great

collaboration!collaboration!

Special Greetings to…Special Greetings to…

• Ms. Giovanna Valente, FLACSO DirectorMs. Giovanna Valente, FLACSO Director• Dr. Benjamin Temkin, Director of Special Dr. Benjamin Temkin, Director of Special

ProjectsProjects• Dr. Cristobal Cobo, Professor and Director of Dr. Cristobal Cobo, Professor and Director of

CommunicationsCommunications• Ms. Arlene Arciniega, International Projects Ms. Arlene Arciniega, International Projects

CoordinatorCoordinator• All participating FLACSO faculty and studentsAll participating FLACSO faculty and students• All Visiting Minnesota faculty and studentsAll Visiting Minnesota faculty and students

MN Introductory LectureMN Introductory Lecture

Purposes of the SeminarPurposes of the Seminar

• Experience international collaboration Experience international collaboration • Learn and apply knowledge creation, Learn and apply knowledge creation,

distribution, and managementdistribution, and management• Learn and apply Leapfrog approaches to Learn and apply Leapfrog approaches to

knowledge leadershipknowledge leadership• Tie knowledge leadership to innovation Tie knowledge leadership to innovation

leadershipleadership• Construct a final project or paper that promotes Construct a final project or paper that promotes

your own career and interestsyour own career and interests

The MN Knowledge ModelThe MN Knowledge Model

(Art Harkins and George Kubik)(Art Harkins and George Kubik)

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Some Basic ConceptsSome Basic Concepts

• DataData

• InformationInformation

• KnowledgeKnowledge

• InnovationsInnovations

• ““Ideas”Ideas”

• Knowledge workersKnowledge workers

• Innovation workersInnovation workers

• ““Wisdom”Wisdom”

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• Personal knowledgePersonal knowledge

• Social knowledgeSocial knowledge

• Tacit/implicit knowledgeTacit/implicit knowledge

• Explicit knowledgeExplicit knowledge

• How information and knowledge connectHow information and knowledge connect

• How knowledge and innovation connectHow knowledge and innovation connect

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• Empirical knowledgeEmpirical knowledge

• Virtual knowledgeVirtual knowledge

• Anticipatory knowledge contextsAnticipatory knowledge contexts

• Present/past knowledge contextsPresent/past knowledge contexts

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Knowledge EnginesKnowledge Engines

• Traditional Traditional – Newtonian/mechanical– Newtonian/mechanical

• Emergent Emergent - self-organizing/autogenic- self-organizing/autogenic

• Intentional Intentional - purposive/teleogenic- purposive/teleogenic

Knowledge ProductsKnowledge Products

• Mode Zero Mode Zero – none– none

• Mode One Mode One – scientific research– scientific research

• Mode Two Mode Two – applied research– applied research

• Mode ThreeMode Three - personal- personal

• Mode Four Mode Four - contextual- contextual

• Mode Five Mode Five – software/IA/AI– software/IA/AI

• Mode Six Mode Six - chaordic- chaordic

Knowledge DynamicsKnowledge Dynamics

• TechnologiesTechnologies

• ““X” factorsX” factors

• Ideas and IntentionsIdeas and Intentions

• SWOTs SWOTs

• Outcomes and ProductsOutcomes and Products

Critically Important!Critically Important!

• ContextsContexts

• TrendsTrends

• Ideas and IntentionsIdeas and Intentions

• CompetitionCompetition

• Accidents/SurprisesAccidents/Surprises

Several core questions for our Several core questions for our collaborative seminar:collaborative seminar:

• Can knowledge be “managed”?Can knowledge be “managed”?

• When are we dealing with knowledge vs. When are we dealing with knowledge vs. information?information?

• How important is context in the above two How important is context in the above two questions?questions?

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