Do we pay attention to the data?
A useful and fun "quickie" from David Snowden on the SEE-ATTEND-ACT elements of sense making. Make sure you click into the video he links to..."Do we pay attention to the data?".
This caught my eye because I'm doing some work around the ideas of knowledge sharing and "knowledge management" in international development. We always come up with so many clever "tools," "methods" and "activities," but do we ever ask, "are we paying attention?"
The answer too often is that we are too busy and no, thank you very much, we are not.
So what do we do about that?
posted by Nancy White at 11:39 AM
2 Comments:
Hey, I'm surfing along. . . and this post in your blog, Nancy, snags my attention.
See. . . Attend. . . Act
I don't think it is possible to pay attention to all the data streaming at us. We have to develop the self as instrument, first and foremost, trusting that we will notice the data we really need to factor into our important choices. No knowledge system is going to replace the most fundamental instrument of change: the human self.
Nancy, re "I'm doing some work around the ideas of knowledge sharing and "knowledge management" in international development." - I'm working in a (small) company where staff is spread across Asia ... so would really appreciate learning more of your ideas please.
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