GKD-ers...
Actively monitoring this robust discussion has been a real treat. It's like
getting a glimpse of an array of different corners of the world - their
trauma and triumphs. Most important, this instrument is providing us all the
foundation for a common understanding of what's possible.
Since John Hibbs in his recent posting referenced GLD IV, I'd like to offer
a few contributions that have been developing:
(1) Visit the Webpage -
http://www.entovation.com/whatsnew/learn-day-entovation.htm - to get a view
of the global network in motion. With 7 vignettes, we are able to capture
how the competencies of one another can add value. It is a proof-of-concept
in the global dialogue, such as we are promoting with GLD. You'll find
stories about: Customer Success, Global Knowledge, Old Mother Europe,
Entrepreneurialism, Knowledge-Sharing, Latin American Forum and Executive
Leadership.
(2) Visit the Webpage -
http://www.entovation.com/whatsnew/knowledge-societies.htm - for a posting
of the Malaysia Conference (that seems now so long ago, and yet relevant,
including some pearls from the GKD discussion. Hopefully, we've done justice
to those featured.
(3) A new book has just been released, 'Intangibles in Competition and
Cooperation: Euro-Asian Perspectives' -
http://www.entovation.com/whatsnew/intangibles-competition.htm, that
provides some substance to the foundation arguments for what we are all
envisioning.
(4) For those interested in the measurement aspects, there are some new
studies/publications released from the Brookings Institute and New York
University - http://www.entovation.com/whatsnew/intangible-innovation.htm -
and those looking from the National economy level would benefit from the IC
Reports of Nations issued from countries such as Sweden, The Netherlands,
Denmark and Israel - http://www.entovation.com/whatsnew/ic-nations.htm.
(5) Our free Newsletter - I3 Update/ENTOVATION News - celebrated its 50th
issue by publishing nuggets from previous issues -
http://www.skyrme.com/updates/u50_f1.htm. Check it out and those wanting to
be added to the distribution list, let me know.
In the meantime, all of these facets of the new global infrastructure being
created is what we call "The SuperInnovation Highway" -
http://www.entovation.com/whatsnew/superhighway.htm - the essence of which
will be announced at an upcoming meeting (5/31/01, Boston) on the Western
Hemisphere Knowledge Partnership (WHKP) being coordinated by Dr. Tom Malone
(another GKD colleague!). The following eight-point agenda is appropriate to
bring the power of emerging information-communications technologies
(distance education and collaboratories) to bear on the pursuit of a
knowledge-based and human centered society:
- Education -- life-long learning is a sine qua non for a knowledge-based
economy. Distance education is a promising tool with which to pursue
life-long learning.
- Health and resilience of natural ecosystems � requires development of
indicators for the pressures on, extent of, and output by agricultural,
coastal, forest, freshwater, and grassland ecosystems. As civilization
expands, hazards from natural disasters increase. Extensive use of
collaboratories is envisioned in this and subsequent agenda items.
- Eco-efficiency in the production and consumption of goods and services �
environment-ally benign to alleviate the impact of further economic growth
on world ecosystems.
- Energy -- to power economic growth -- conservation and exploration of
environmentally friendly sources of energy (the accumulation of greenhouse
gases in the atmosphere is emerging as a regional as well as a global
problem).
- National income accounts � extension to include environmental impacts and
make realistic the consequences of contemporary patterns of production and
consumption.
- Intellectual property rights (the knowledge-based economy is transforming
legal and measurement standards).
- Delivery of health care -- now entering an era of profound change in which
integration with the sciences and sharing of new knowledge and its
applications to health care are increasingly important.
- Community networks -- to foster interactive participation by individuals
at all levels -- local, regional, and global -- indigenous communities to
major urban
centers.
This vision and strategy are hallmarks of The Knowledge Age on which world
society is now embarking. Panelists will discuss what we can do. This
discussion is a prerequisite for the value-laden decisions on what society
will do! I am convinced that a focus on the full innovation process (i.e.,
the creation movement and application of knowledge) is the pathway to bridge
the Digital Divide. It can be used to resolve the Productivity Paradox with
a new Knowledge Value Proposition; and it will operate on all three levels
of the economy simultaneously - enterprise (micro-economic), national
economy (meso-economic) and society (macro-economic). Ours is to define a
common language and shared vision that makes integral connection between the
value of human capital and economic prosperity.
We will post some of the results of those May deliberations, so please stay
posted.
Debra
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Debra M. Amidon
Founder and Chief Strategist
ENTOVATION International, Ltd.
2 Reading Avenue, Suite #300
Wilmington, Massachusetts 01887
USA
T: 978/988.7995
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URL: <http://www.entovation.com>
"Innovating our Future...together."
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