Joe, I appreciated the response Birgit has recently made. As I contemplated the issue and my quick read of the collected responses, I had a potentially unrelated thought.
Two concerns with "Knowledge Management." First, the impression that knowledge exists separate from individuals - that a group or organization can "collect" the knowledge and use the collected knowledge for a strategic end. Isn't the "knowledge" also relational - both to the individual that "knows" and "known" in a relational context? Second, and more relevant to OST, are you suggesting that the "knowledge" can be separated from the "spirit" that is in relationship with the knowledge. This is what Opened Space makes available - the awareness of spirit and the empowerment of individual spirits related to their passion around a task or topic. Can Open Space around knowledge capture that knowledge from the spirit or essence which holds it? I may be off in the wrong direction. I look forward to your responses to this and other posts. Live Well, Think BIG, Dave David C. Rupley, Jr., MD Spirited Growth 7400 N Oracle Rd Suite 100E Tucson, AZ 85704 Work: 520-742-9325 Fax: 520-742-9385 Home: 520-531-9643 dcruple...@bigplanet.com http://www.spiritedgrowth.com/
