Gary Klein and Dave Snowden on KM and Singapore’s Risk Assessment and Horizon Scanning System

On March 22nd, the Information and Knowledge Management Society hosted a dialogue with Gary Klein and Dave Snowden on how KM can contribute to a risk assessment system such as the RAHS system recently developed by the Singapore Government. With their permission we video-taped it and made a podcast, in four segments, each of 15-20 minutes in duration.

Dr Gary Klein discusses the importance of the human cognitive element in applying a technology assisted risk assessment and horizon scanning tool (RAHS) developed by the Singapore Government, in a dialogue with Dave Snowden hosted by the Information and Knowledge Management Society (iKMS) in March 2007. Part 1 of 4

David Snowden explains why knowledge management in its classic form can actually inhibit the ability of an organisation to effectively implement a risk assessment and horizon scanning tool such as the RAHS system developed by the Singapore Government, in a dialogue with Gary Klein hosted by the Information and Knowledge Management Society (iKMS) in March 2007. Part 2 of 4


Gary Klein and David Snowden answer questions on the relationship between knowledge management and a risk assessment and horizon scanning tool such as the RAHS system developed by the Singapore Government, in a dialogue hosted by the Information and Knowledge Management Society (iKMS) in March 2007. Part 3 of 4 (Q&A is split into two segments)


Gary Klein and David Snowden answer more questions on the relationship between knowledge management and a risk assessment and horizon scanning tool such as the RAHS system developed by the Singapore Government, in a dialogue hosted by the Information and Knowledge Management Society (iKMS) in March 2007. Part 4 of 4 (Q&A is split into two segments)

Posted by Patrick Lambe on 30/03/07 at 01: 35 PM | Categories: KM Applied, Risk & Uncertainty, Video | Permalink

6 Comments so far

Patrick - Many thanks for posting that up. Absolutely wonderful to see the two of them in action.

Posted on April 03, 2007 at 09:25 AM | Comment permalink

Taxonomy and Taxidermy

Hi Patrick, thanks for the access to the podcasts, I agree with a lot of Dave and Gary said. For example, my STARS knowledge cycle avoids tacit-explicit knowledge distinctions and takes a people/personal perspective as being fundamental to knowledge creation and use. One mistake related to my title, Taxidermy is what a taxidermist does and has nothing to do with taxonomy. Taxonomy was used early on for classification of plants and animals. It is one of the first scientific disciplines to create a taxonomy, along with geology. But I suppose Dave won’t care for my correction. Finally, I would suggest the opening slides could be longer on screen as they change too fast for my old eyes to completely read.
Thanks again
Han

Posted on April 04, 2007 at 07:51 PM | Comment permalink

Patrick Lambe

Thanks Han… actually I think Dave’s use of “Taxidermy” was one of his sophisticated, uder-explained jokes (like “Six Stigma") ... taxidermy being the stuffing of dead animals, and he was likewise arguing that taxonomy stuffs dead information into boxes, distracting us from the living knowledge.

I found it hard to judge slide durations, given there are so many before you get to the video proper, so when I need to read slowr, I hit the pause button!

Thanks for visiting Han

Posted on April 04, 2007 at 08:13 PM | Comment permalink

Han

Well that must have passed over the heads of the Singaporeans like an F22 at 50,000 feet!

Posted on April 04, 2007 at 08:36 PM | Comment permalink

Patrick Lambe

Like it passed over yours? wink

Posted on April 04, 2007 at 10:24 PM | Comment permalink

Han

No, it did not pass over my head, otherwise I would not have raised it. I know from my use of humour that some of my Singaporean friends would have been totally confused. That is why I remarked upon it because he clearly mentioned a taxidermist as being involved in taxonomy without any explanation (to which my thoughts were ‘say what! - wrong!’wink.
But then if the speaker fails to properly communicate, at an appropriate level to the audience, then it is the speaker’s fault and not the audience (or mine)! The fraught consequences of misplaced humour can confuse listeners when they don’t understand, and may lead to them discounting the value of the messages Dave presented that were valuable. Nuf said.

Posted on April 04, 2007 at 11:51 PM | Comment permalink

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