Dear GKD Members, What a splendid conversation...loaded with insights and from so many different parts of the world: East meets West; North meets South!
In short, we are all wrestling with the same problem/opportunity...and it is NOT about technology - well, not directly. Instead, it is about the human system - the motivation of people (psychological divide), the interaction between clusters/networks of people (sociological divide) and the diversity of cultural perspectives (anthropological divide) - not to mention the obvious technological or digital divide and the inevitable economic divide. Those of you familiar with the old 'Productivity Paradox' (i.e., why don't we get greater performance - either in terms of productivity or prosperity - from organizations when we pump in technological 'solutions'?) This is not a dissimilar question that is being queried with the current discussion. And so, have we learned anything? Indeed we have! (1) With the focus on the Knowledge Economy, the agenda - one more about learning/sharing/leveraging - has become one that is both human and humane. There is a Knowledge Value Proposition that can balance the three critical divides: Economic, Social (or Behavioral) and Technological. It is impossible and suboptimal to discuss one without realizing the automatic impact (and being impacted by) the other. This may be best articulated in an article - "The Power of Innovation Capital" - <http://www.entovation.com/gkp/power.htm>. (2) The 'I' in ICT no longer stands for 'information' - or it need not. Instead, the way knowledge becomes actionable is through the innovation process. The original National Information Infrastructure - NII (that became the GII) - was actually MORE about getting knowledge from the point of origin to the point of need (i.e., to eradicate poverty) and/or the point of business opportunity (i.e., global business networks). This may be best described in an article - The Innovation SuperHighway - <http://www.entovation.com/whatsnew/superhighway.htm>. (3) And all of this activity has enabled far more sophisticated systems (computers and communications technology) for knowledge sharing. The new millennium is one of building 'collaborative - not competitive - advantage'. The rules of the engagement have changed...significantly so. With the asset of knowledge (growing - not getting used - as it is shared), we have a chance to realize - in practice - a new economic world order based upon knowledge, innovation, stakeholder success and international collaboration....beyond just words. I look forward to reactions and further postings...we are really onto something powerful with the potential of combining purpose and economic prosperity...what a novel idea?! Always in your Network, Debra *************** Debra M. Amidon Founder and CEO ENTOVATION International Ltd. 2 Reading Avenue, Suite 300 Wilmington, MA 01887 USA T: 978/988-7995 F: 978/863-0124 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.entovation.com "Innovating our future...together." *************** ------------ ***GKD is solely supported by EDC, an NGO that is a GKP member*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe gkd OR type: unsubscribe gkd Archives of previous GKD messages can be found at: <http://www.edc.org/GLG/gkd/>
