FLACSO/MN KN SEMINAR Welcome, everyone! We Look forward to a great collaboration!

Special Greetings to… Ms. Giovanna Valente, FLACSO Director Dr. Benjamin Temkin, Director of Special Projects Dr. Cristobal Cobo, Professor and Director of Communications Ms. Arlene Arciniega, International Projects Coordinator All participating FLACSO faculty and students All Visiting Minnesota faculty and students

Ms. Giovanna Valente, FLACSO Director

Dr. Benjamin Temkin, Director of Special Projects

Dr. Cristobal Cobo, Professor and Director of Communications

Ms. Arlene Arciniega, International Projects Coordinator

All participating FLACSO faculty and students

All Visiting Minnesota faculty and students

MN Introductory Lecture

Purposes of the Seminar Experience international collaboration Learn and apply knowledge creation, distribution, and management Learn and apply Leapfrog approaches to knowledge leadership Tie knowledge leadership to innovation leadership Construct a final project or paper that promotes your own career and interests

Experience international collaboration

Learn and apply knowledge creation, distribution, and management

Learn and apply Leapfrog approaches to knowledge leadership

Tie knowledge leadership to innovation leadership

Construct a final project or paper that promotes your own career and interests

The MN Knowledge Model (Art Harkins and George Kubik)

We’ll come back to the model in a moment…

Some Basic Concepts Data Information Knowledge Innovations “ Ideas” Knowledge workers Innovation workers “ Wisdom”

Data

Information

Knowledge

Innovations

“ Ideas”

Knowledge workers

Innovation workers

“ Wisdom”

Some Basic Concepts Personal knowledge Social knowledge Tacit/implicit knowledge Explicit knowledge How information and knowledge connect How knowledge and innovation connect

Personal knowledge

Social knowledge

Tacit/implicit knowledge

Explicit knowledge

How information and knowledge connect

How knowledge and innovation connect

Some Basic Concepts Empirical knowledge Virtual knowledge Anticipatory knowledge contexts Present/past knowledge contexts

Empirical knowledge

Virtual knowledge

Anticipatory knowledge contexts

Present/past knowledge contexts

Knowledge Engines Traditional – Newtonian/mechanical Emergent - self-organizing/autogenic Intentional - purposive/teleogenic

Traditional – Newtonian/mechanical

Emergent - self-organizing/autogenic

Intentional - purposive/teleogenic

Knowledge Products Mode Zero – none Mode One – scientific research Mode Two – applied research Mode Three - personal Mode Four - contextual Mode Five – software/IA/AI Mode Six - chaordic

Mode Zero – none

Mode One – scientific research

Mode Two – applied research

Mode Three - personal

Mode Four - contextual

Mode Five – software/IA/AI

Mode Six - chaordic

Knowledge Dynamics Technologies “ X” factors Ideas and Intentions SWOTs Outcomes and Products

Technologies

“ X” factors

Ideas and Intentions

SWOTs

Outcomes and Products

Critically Important! Contexts Trends Ideas and Intentions Competition Accidents/Surprises

Contexts

Trends

Ideas and Intentions

Competition

Accidents/Surprises

Several core questions for our collaborative seminar: Can knowledge be “managed”? When are we dealing with knowledge vs. information? How important is context in the above two questions?

Can knowledge be “managed”?

When are we dealing with knowledge vs. information?

How important is context in the above two questions?

Thank You