{"id":4878,"date":"2016-09-24T09:07:12","date_gmt":"2016-09-24T08:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saasoft.com\/blog\/?p=4878"},"modified":"2016-09-24T09:07:12","modified_gmt":"2016-09-24T08:07:12","slug":"dikuw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hcse.blog\/?p=4878","title":{"rendered":"DIKUW"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 480px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-4878-1\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.improvementscience.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Russell_Ackoff_DIKUW_100secs-1.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.improvementscience.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Russell_Ackoff_DIKUW_100secs-1.mp4\">http:\/\/www.improvementscience.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Russell_Ackoff_DIKUW_100secs-1.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>This 100 second video of the late Russell Ackoff is solid gold!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">In it he describes the DIKUW hierarchy &#8211; data, information, knowledge, understanding and wisdom &#8211; and how it is critical to put effectiveness before efficiency.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">A wise objective is a purpose &#8230; the intended outcome &#8230; and a well designed system will be both effective and efficient. \u00a0That is the engineers definition of productivity. \u00a0Doing the right thing first, and doing it right second.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">So how do we transform data into wisdom? What are needs to be added or taken away? What is the process?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Data is what we get from our <strong>senses<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">To convert data into information we add <strong>context<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">To convert information into knowledge we use <strong>memory<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">To convert knowledge into understanding we need to <strong>learn-by-doing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><em>And the test of understanding is to be able to teach someone else what we know and to be able to support them developing an understanding through practice.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">To convert understanding into wisdom requires years of experience of seeing, doing and<strong> teaching<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">There are no short cuts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">So the sooner we start learning-by-doing the quicker we will develop the wisdom of purpose, and the understanding of process.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">For more posts like this please vote\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.saasoft.com\/vote.php?topic=DIKUW&amp;id=4878\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<br \/>\nFor more information please subscribe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.saasoft.com\/subscribe.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This 100 second video of the late Russell Ackoff is solid gold! In it he describes the DIKUW hierarchy &#8211; data, information, knowledge, understanding and wisdom &#8211; and how it is critical to put effectiveness before efficiency. 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