flacso umn seminar kn modes week ii
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Strategies for Innovation: Producing Mode III Knowledge & Personal Capital in Organizations
Arthur Harkins, Ph.D.
John Moravec, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
The Six Knowledge Modes1. Scientific
2. Applied (Action) Science
3. Personal
4. Contextual
5. Machine/Software/IA/AI
6. Chaordic
A seventh Knowledge Mode: Mode 0 = No knowledge production
Mode III Knowledge Production Mode III = permits the creation,
identification, measurement, and utilization of personal knowledge resources that would otherwise remain fallow or trapped in the netherworld of social invisibility (Harkins, 2002).
Importance of Mode III KN Production
Goal: to demonstrate how personal and social capital can be enhanced in transitional countries by the development of Mode III knowledge production
Personal CapitalPersonal capital = a fusion of the functional &
procedural knowledge, skills, talents, imagination, creativity, courage, attitude, worldview, vision, energy, passion, organization, wisdom, intuition, emotional intelligence, communication, relationship skills, social capital and networks, initiative, leadership and other personal resources.
Social CapitalSocial capital = the synergistic application of
personal capital within value-creating institutions, organizations, and corporations.
Selected Assumptions:1. Commodification of Knowledge
2. The Emergence of Knowledge Workers and Innovational (applied) Knowledge Workers
3. Cultural Factors (new sciences, role of media, management)
4. Societal Factors (heterarchy over hierarchy)
5. Changing Work Place Factors
A Need for Synergy Between Individuals & Organizations Personal capital development Expansion of mission definitions and
broadening markets Reengineering of learning and action
context(s) Rejection of Mode 0 activities Hyper-development of Mode III
Implications of Mode III Knowledge for Organizations KN Based Continuous Innovation
Organizations are emerging Cultures must choose how to support such
organizations Developing Mode III knowledge production
is the first step in such support Mode III knowledge is based on
individualistic thought and innovation
Implications of Mode III Knowledge Production Processes Individualistic thought and continuous
innovation run counter to traditionalism Organizations must decide to manage the
interactions of knowledge Mode III against the backgrounds of existing and desired legacy factors
Development of Mode III opens up organizations to new types of workers and consumers
Implications of Mode III Knowledge for Organizations Mode III will require major cultural changes in
knowledge development, assessment, and innovation applications
Mode III “opens up” organizations to new types of employees and consumers, because societal complexity and the demand for new knowledge and continuous innovation will apply to everyone, not merely to select classes of professionals, intellectuals, technician/scientists, and artists
Implications of Mode III Knowledge for Organizations Mode III supportive organizations will
become more instrumental in producing employees and consumers capable of developing and working with three emerging knowledge Modes:
Context Machine Chaordic
Implications of Mode III Knowledge for Organizations Three Emerging Knowledge Modes… Mode IV: KN based on context creation and culture
design Mode V: KN produced by machines, IA, AI, and SW Mode VI: KN based on the creation and
management of “chaordic systems,” or systems intended to cope with unpredictable change
Implications of Mode III Knowledge for Organizations The three emerging knowledge modes are
already becoming drivers of exponentially increasing change
Altogether, Knowledge Modes I-VI are helping to bring about what Kurzweil and others call the Singularity, or the arrival of globally distributed human and non-human intelligence
Implications of Mode III Knowledge for Organizations There are various development futures for
organizations working to develop Mode III services, initially, and quickly moving along to Modes IV through VI
Our conclusion is that organizations must be continuously innovative in order to create and take advantage of Knowledge Modes III-VI
Implications of Mode III Knowledge for Organizations Our position is that there will be little payoff
for organizations attempting to play “catch up” with leaders, because this approach will put them even further behind over time
This approach will also hold back their societies from the optimal development and use of personal capital, which is the major driver of new and desperately needed social capital
Thank you!
We are now open for points and questions…
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