Dear Friends:
Last week I gave a keynote presentation at a conference on Complexity
Theory in Management that I thought some of you might be interested in.
The full set of slides I used in my presentation is retrievable from the
link below. In my talk, I addressed an issue that has come up recently in
this group -- problems I see with the view of knowledge as 'the capacity
for effective action,' or 'justified true belief' -- and an opposing point
of view based largely on Karl Popper's 'fallibilism.' Depending on what
your epistemology is, the manner in which business is conducted and the
approaches taken in OL and Knowledge Management can vary dramatically.
In another recent LO thread entitled "George Soros," I called attention to
a developing strain of KM that is based on Popper's fallibilism, and which
is labeled "The New KM." This presentation explains the underlying point
of view and illustrates the differences it makes in the practice of
business and KM. It also explains 'The Open Enterprise' as an
organizational model that follows from fallibilism and which also
addresses current issues related to corporate malfeasance. This is the
first and only approach to KM that is based on fallibilism, and in that
regard it differs from all other approaches to KM developed and/or in use
up to now.
Here is the presentation I gave:
http://www.macroinnovation.com/images/CorporateEpistemology.pdf
As always, comments are welcome!
Regards,
Mark
[Host's Note: Mark, thanks for sharing this presentation. ..Rick]
--"Mark W. McElroy" <mmcelroy@vermontel.net>
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