Why?

A few comments on the purpose this blog....

I'm interested in conversations about how individuals and organizations know what they know, how they know it, and how that knowledge shapes decisions (and vice versa). While this topic has traditionally been perhaps more the domain of specialists, the emergence of user-driven decentralizing technologies (e.g., SOA, Web 2.0) is making it important to anyone who uses information technology or is part of a group.

"Sensemaking" - how individuals and organization make sense of a context....includes things like the (usually fuzzy) taxonomies/ontologies being used, how they are created & evolve, the key cause-effect relationships, the narratives being exchanged. etc.; includes DNA-level aspects like trust, values, and goals.

"TheEdge" - where concepts intersect with operational decisions & actions; often an ambiguous and dynamic place where the future is constantly being created. Even though much has been written about the edge in the world of Network Centric Warfare &amp Transformation (e.g., 'Power to the Edge'), the defense industry seems to retain a strong focus on products, systems, and infrastructure (possibly since that's where most of the $ are).