Intelligence is the mental ability- How one behaves in relation to knowledge, complexity and change. Character is the moral and social qualities- How one behaves in relation to oneself and other people.
A traditional education ranked Character higher than Intelligence, for both boys and girls. And perhaps they had a point. At least as taught in schools, Intelligence is largely to do with what a child can achieve on its own, and is tested for each child in isolation. Collaboration between children during tests and exams is regarded as cheating. In contrast, Character has to do with the behaviour of the child in social situations - in the playground or the sports field. Healthy collaboration, direct competition, responsible behaviour, standing firm against bullying. Even such apparently private matters as concentration or self-esteem have strong links with social behaviour.
If we're interested in what a person can achieve in isolation, then Intelligence may be an important factor. But if we're interested in what a person can achieve in collaboration with others, then Character may be just as important. In particular, Leadership is usually regarded as a question of Character rather than Intelligence. The leader doesn't have to be the most visibly intelligent person on the team. Do we have to make the choice between Character and Intelligence? Can't we have both? There are certainly people who have both Character and Intelligence. But it's often difficult to spot them. Because it is usually the people without Character that want to draw attention to their Intelligence, and the people without Intelligence that wants to draw attention to their Character.
The other debate is whether character is more important than intelligence or character is equally important to intelligence. One of my colleague pointed out, character is intelligence. hence the emphasis should be to built character and intelligence will be taken care of automatically.
Friday, February 27, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
From Productivity to Innovation
On 29th January 2009, The Asian Productivity Organization released a new free KM e-book entitled “From Productivity to Innovation: Proceedings from the Second International Conference on Technology and Innovation for Knowledge Management.”
The conference was held in New Delhi, India last 12–14 February 2008. Dr. Serafin D. Talisayon of the Philippines served as the conference rapporteur and volume editor.
Ron Young started session 1 'Setting the Tone' with his paper 'Back to Basics: Strategies for Identifying, Creating, Storing, Sharing and Using Knowledge.
The book has 20 chapters, plus Q&A and technical sessions:
1: Back to Basics: Strategies for Identifying, Creating, Storing, Sharing and Using Knowledge (Ron Young)
2: Technology and Innovation for Knowledge Management (G. S. Krishnan, Arundhati Chattopadhyay and Avadh Yadav)
3: A Strategy for Library Networking in the Knowledge Economy (Dr. Prema Rajagopalan, Prof. M. S. Mathews and M. Kavitha)
4: Global Knowledge Management Trends (Dr. Rory Chase)
5: HAWK-i: Holistic Analysis for Working Knowledge and Implementation (Anne Chappuis, Luc de Golbéry, Paramita Sen, Nirbhay Sen and Sanjay Gupta)
6: Case Study: Knowledge Management in Wipro (Ved Prakash)
7: The Knowledge Economy Project: The Experience of IIT Roorkee (Prof. Harsha Sinvhal and Prof. Vinay K. Nangia)
8: Knowledge Management Framework: An APO Perspective (Praba Nair)
9: The Status of Knowledge Management in Asia: Results of an APO Survey of Nine Member Countries (Dr. Serafin D. Talisayon)
10: Critical Factors Constraining the Growth and Development of the Indian Economy: A Sectoral Study (Dr. Prema Rajagopalan, Prof. M. S. Mathews and M. Kavitha)
11: Knowledge Management in the Food and Nutrition Community in India: The UN’s New KM Initiative (Gopi N. Ghosh)
12: Participation of the International Management Institute in the Knowledge Economy Project (Prof. Ashoka Chandra and Prof. M. K. Khanijo)
13: Innovation and Knowledge Management: An Indic Play Ethic and a Global HR Model (Dr. Prem Saran)
14: Dimensions of Knowledge Management Projects and Leveraging Technology in Higher Educational Institutions (Dr. M. S. Rawat)
15: Service Quality in the Supply Chain: A Knowledge Gap Perspective (Gyan Prakash and Kripa Shanker)
16: The Intellectual Property System (N. N. Prasad)
17: Knowledge Management Systems in an Engineering Consultancy Organization (Sanjeev Kumar)
18: The Transformation of Innovation into Technology, Economy and Society (K. Kalaiselvan)
19: A New Infrastructure for Managing Knowledge in High-Value Outsourcing (Avinash Rao)
20: Knowledge Management for Competitive Advantage in the Steel Industry (Y. Bhaskara Rao and J. V. S. Sarma)
Ron Young started session 1 'Setting the Tone' with his paper 'Back to Basics: Strategies for Identifying, Creating, Storing, Sharing and Using Knowledge.
The book has 20 chapters, plus Q&A and technical sessions:
1: Back to Basics: Strategies for Identifying, Creating, Storing, Sharing and Using Knowledge (Ron Young)
2: Technology and Innovation for Knowledge Management (G. S. Krishnan, Arundhati Chattopadhyay and Avadh Yadav)
3: A Strategy for Library Networking in the Knowledge Economy (Dr. Prema Rajagopalan, Prof. M. S. Mathews and M. Kavitha)
4: Global Knowledge Management Trends (Dr. Rory Chase)
5: HAWK-i: Holistic Analysis for Working Knowledge and Implementation (Anne Chappuis, Luc de Golbéry, Paramita Sen, Nirbhay Sen and Sanjay Gupta)
6: Case Study: Knowledge Management in Wipro (Ved Prakash)
7: The Knowledge Economy Project: The Experience of IIT Roorkee (Prof. Harsha Sinvhal and Prof. Vinay K. Nangia)
8: Knowledge Management Framework: An APO Perspective (Praba Nair)
9: The Status of Knowledge Management in Asia: Results of an APO Survey of Nine Member Countries (Dr. Serafin D. Talisayon)
10: Critical Factors Constraining the Growth and Development of the Indian Economy: A Sectoral Study (Dr. Prema Rajagopalan, Prof. M. S. Mathews and M. Kavitha)
11: Knowledge Management in the Food and Nutrition Community in India: The UN’s New KM Initiative (Gopi N. Ghosh)
12: Participation of the International Management Institute in the Knowledge Economy Project (Prof. Ashoka Chandra and Prof. M. K. Khanijo)
13: Innovation and Knowledge Management: An Indic Play Ethic and a Global HR Model (Dr. Prem Saran)
14: Dimensions of Knowledge Management Projects and Leveraging Technology in Higher Educational Institutions (Dr. M. S. Rawat)
15: Service Quality in the Supply Chain: A Knowledge Gap Perspective (Gyan Prakash and Kripa Shanker)
16: The Intellectual Property System (N. N. Prasad)
17: Knowledge Management Systems in an Engineering Consultancy Organization (Sanjeev Kumar)
18: The Transformation of Innovation into Technology, Economy and Society (K. Kalaiselvan)
19: A New Infrastructure for Managing Knowledge in High-Value Outsourcing (Avinash Rao)
20: Knowledge Management for Competitive Advantage in the Steel Industry (Y. Bhaskara Rao and J. V. S. Sarma)
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Reviewing Presentations
After quite some time, I got an opportunity to discuss with a group of passed out students raring to plunge into professional life. The experience was great, because I dealt with this kind of group at inappropriate time, inappropriate occasion and for a marathon period.
Every time I was done with my presentation to the audience, I usually dumped the presentation on to my hard drive only to review the presentation at a time when the presentation had to be prepared again. While I was preparing my presentation this time, I could recall only the glaring mistakes happened last time. I found that the learning's of previous presentations are misplaced. I realize it is in best interest to review the presentation soon after the presentation is over and devote sufficient time to incorporate learning’s.
Some learning’s:
1. Review all your slides/ sessions after the presentation is over, so that the actual learning’s are incorporated into the slides.
2. Prepare the case study prints/handout well in advance and do not depend on the facilitators.
3. Keep an example/ history/ recent developments on a concept or idea ready before you drop it with the audience.
4. Single Word or quote or photos have larger affect than the paragraph or text.
5. Explore and update yourself on all the words that appear on the slide; It includes example, context, relevance, history etc.
6. Keep a single page handout of the entire topic that might arise during the presentation discussion. It is important in situations, when the presentation is made to new audience at unresponsive occasion and at inappropriate time.
Every time I was done with my presentation to the audience, I usually dumped the presentation on to my hard drive only to review the presentation at a time when the presentation had to be prepared again. While I was preparing my presentation this time, I could recall only the glaring mistakes happened last time. I found that the learning's of previous presentations are misplaced. I realize it is in best interest to review the presentation soon after the presentation is over and devote sufficient time to incorporate learning’s.
Some learning’s:
1. Review all your slides/ sessions after the presentation is over, so that the actual learning’s are incorporated into the slides.
2. Prepare the case study prints/handout well in advance and do not depend on the facilitators.
3. Keep an example/ history/ recent developments on a concept or idea ready before you drop it with the audience.
4. Single Word or quote or photos have larger affect than the paragraph or text.
5. Explore and update yourself on all the words that appear on the slide; It includes example, context, relevance, history etc.
6. Keep a single page handout of the entire topic that might arise during the presentation discussion. It is important in situations, when the presentation is made to new audience at unresponsive occasion and at inappropriate time.