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Co-Production of Data and Knowledge

Here's an analogy for the so-called hierarchy of Data, Information, Knowledge and Wisdom DIKW). Data = Flour Information = Bread Knowledge = A Recipe for Bread-and-Butter Pudding Wisdom = Only Eating A Small Portion Note that Information isn't made solely from Data,…

Learning Lessons Learned

#orgintelligence Adapted from my contribution to a Linked-In discussion on "Lessons Learned". There are several strands of learning from experience, and it may be useful to call these out explicitly. 1. Signals. What signals (that turned out to be important) could we…

Gillian Stamp on Effective Decision-Making

#orgintelligence I found an interesting chart on Gillian Stamp's blog. The chart illustrates two observations "Organizational well-being depends on the interplay between challenges and decision-making capabilities." "Where challenges exceed capabilities, financial and human costs rise; where capabilities exceed challenges, resources are wasted."…

Intelligence Failures at Barclays Bank

#orgintelligence @larryhirschhorn has produced a very detailed analysis of Barclays Bank, Robert Diamond and the LIBOR scandal (July 2012). He asks why Marcus Agius (Barclays Chair) and Bob Diamond (Barclays CEO) were stunned at the Bank of England's demand for Diamond's resignation,…

Political parties and organizational intelligence

Political parties are very unusual kinds of organizations, whose collective intelligence could be very interesting to look at. They consist of professional politicians, paid party workers and volunteer members, together with an ecosystem of think tanks and other hangers-on. The question of…

Political parties and organizational intelligence

Political parties are very unusual kinds of organizations, whose collective intelligence could be very interesting to look at. They consist of professional politicians, paid party workers and volunteer members, together with an ecosystem of think tanks and other hangers-on. The question of…

Leadership and Organizational Intelligence

Chief Knowledge Officer Joseph Goedert, Expert says it's time for Health Care to create ‘Chief Knowledge Officer’ position. Health Data Management, Oct 2011 Chief Learning Officer CLO Magazine Josh Bersin, Today's Chief Learning Officer (November 2010) "A few years ago I wrote…

Leadership and Organizational Intelligence

Chief Knowledge Officer Joseph Goedert, Expert says it's time for Health Care to create ‘Chief Knowledge Officer’ position. Health Data Management, Oct 2011 Chief Learning Officer CLO Magazine Josh Bersin, Today's Chief Learning Officer (November 2010) "A few years ago I wrote…

OrgIntelligence in Iran

In my previous post, I reviewed Karl Albrecht's model of Organizational Intelligence. For some reason, this model is popular in Iran, and I have found numerous academic studies using Albrecht's assessment questionnaire as a research tool. Here are some of the findings.…

OrgIntelligence in Iran

In my previous post, I reviewed Karl Albrecht's model of Organizational Intelligence. For some reason, this model is popular in Iran, and I have found numerous academic studies using Albrecht's assessment questionnaire as a research tool. Here are some of the findings.…

Karl Albrecht on Organizational Intelligence

Karl Albrecht has defined seven characteristic features of an intelligent organization, and has designed a self-assessment questionnaire for creating a profile of the intelligence of an organization. 1. Strategic Vision: do we know where we’re going? 2. Shared Fate: are we all…

Karl Albrecht on Organizational Intelligence

Karl Albrecht has defined seven characteristic features of an intelligent organization, and has designed a self-assessment questionnaire for creating a profile of the intelligence of an organization. 1. Strategic Vision: do we know where we’re going? 2. Shared Fate: are we all…
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