| Description A knowledge vision, according to the authors of Enabling Knowledge Creation is a vision of the communitys future based on both a shared understanding of current conditions and a sense of the past. The knowledge vision gives the community a shared mental map of a) the world members live in, b) the world they desire to live in, and c) the knowledge they need to seek and create to bring that world about. Because it is a view of the past, the present, and the desired future that is constructed by the community, itself, it is more of an ongoing, iterative process than a static statemen.. Example A knowledge vision, created by a community of human service providers, for example, articulated a) a history of the development of public policy up to the present time, how it was influenced by beliefs and assumptions about people, and how it influenced funding patterns and service delivery models; b) a set of current beliefs and assumptions held by the community as the basis for their vision of new resources and models; and c) a plan for a set of interconnected, state-wide experiments in what they term "co-production." Steps Steps for creating a knowledge vision include community dialogue around questions such as: 1) How would we describe the social, technical, economic, and other dimensions of the context or work environment we now share? How has it evolved over time? What beliefs and assumptions have shifted over time? How have they influenced change in the past? How are they influencing change in the current environment? What other events and trends are most influencing our future? 2) How would we describe the more desirable future we wish to bring forth? What beliefs and assumptions should influence the new environment or context we want to create? What shifts in the environments social, technical, economic, or other dimensions of the context or environment do we most want to influence by creating new knowledge? What will be different if we are able to influence these shifts? 3) What knowledge needs to be created in order to move from the current condition to a more desirable future? What sources of that knowledge are already available to us? What connections and sources can we tap for knowledge that is not yet available? What knowledge is available among our own community members? What "streams of knowledge" have to be developed, in order to reach the desired, future state? Check A powerful knowledge vision for a community of practice will be, among other things: - Easily communicated to members and other stakeholders
- A roadmap for creating and sharing new knowledge
- An inspiring catalyst for new "thinking, ideas, phrasing, and actions"
- Open-ended enough to invite ongoing iteration and conversation
- Explicit enough to guide generation of a set of questions for inquiry, a research hypothesis, learning agenda, or knowledge generating objectives
More For more information, read: Ichijo, K., Nonaka, I., and Von Krogh, G. 2000. Enabling Knowledge Creation: How to Unlock the Mystery of Tacit Knowledge and Release the Power of Innovation. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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