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Making Sense Making Sense of theof the

Information AgeInformation AgePresented byPresented by

Kenan Doyle BranamKenan Doyle BranamParadigm Communications, Paradigm Communications,

Inc.Inc.kenan@branam.comkenan@branam.com

Information ProcessInformation Process

Technology SolutionsTechnology Solutions

Technology ToolsTechnology Tools

LimitationsLimitations

Theory EvolutionTheory Evolution

Making SenseMaking SenseKnowledge ManagementKnowledge Management

Information ManagementInformation Management

Human InterfaceHuman Interface

Knowledge ManagementKnowledge Management OverviewOverview

KMKM

Knowledge ManagementKnowledge Management Information ProcessInformation Process

Provider

Finding

Organizing

Storing

Distributing

User

Retrieving

Digesting

Integrating

Recreating

Knowledge ManagementKnowledge Management Technology SolutionsTechnology Solutions

Web portals Content collaboration E-mail, chat, video meeting Group scheduling Search & expertise location Distance learning Knowledge repositories

Knowledge ManagementKnowledge ManagementTechnology ToolsTechnology Tools

Aggregation & storage Categorization & annotation Automation (XML) Pattern recognition* Natural language processing User profiling & identification Distribution routing

Knowledge ManagementKnowledge ManagementLimitationsLimitations

• The average user still spends 80% researching and only 20% analyzing!

• Research tools are primarily text-based.

Knowledge ManagementKnowledge ManagementTheory EvolutionTheory Evolution

Past ParadigmPast Paradigm

Present ParadigmPresent Paradigm

Future ParadigmFuture Paradigm

Past ParadigmPast Paradigm

CentricLinear logic (1D+Time)SegregatedFiltered (Reductionistic)Static Structure

Present ParadigmPresent Paradigm

DistributedProcess logic (2D+Time)NetworkedContextualDynamic Structured

Future ParadigmFuture Paradigm

Organic orderForm logic (3D+Time)IntegratedHolisticExtensible Structure

Future ParadigmFuture Paradigm

Science is increasingly substituting organic models for mechanical models and shifting from structure-orientated to process-orientated thinking.

Information ProcessInformation Process

Technology SolutionsTechnology Solutions

Technology ToolsTechnology Tools

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Theory EvolutionTheory Evolution

Knowledge ManagementKnowledge Management SummarySummary

Making Sense Making Sense of the Information Age of the Information AgeMaking Sense Making Sense of the Information Age of the Information Age

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Presented byPresented by

Kenan Doyle BranamKenan Doyle BranamParadigm Communications, Paradigm Communications,

Inc.Inc.kenan@branam.comkenan@branam.com