New intelligent business possibilities in the mining industry

We’re living in Sotkamo since August 1, 2010 after years and years almost all over the globe and looking for new opportunities in the field of mining, energy and environmental business operations.

The idea is to use the benefits of social media, open data, social engineering, 5T / 5D, microjobs, biotechnology, intelligent sensors, process automation, open collaboration, group sourcing and collaborative intelligence to find new global business opportunities.

This is a small world and with intelligent use of specialized network operations we’ve the possibility to reach out and build bout business intelligence and customer relationships all over the globe with low cost and great accuracy. We can also support B2B operations of specialized task forces looking for F2F negotiations.

• We can work it out with both mobile and desktop tools. 
• My brother lives in Sydney, Australia and he is familiar with the global mining industry.
• The open data community has new ideas and methods for open biz developments.

Tacit Knowledge and 5T / 5D

Tavoite = Destination, target

Tunne = Desire, feeling

Tieto = Data, knowledge

Tahto = Determination, dedication

Toiminta = Do-it, execution, action

With tacit knowledge, people are not often aware of the knowledge they possess or how it can be valuable to others.

Helge: We didn’t realize in 23 years that the 5T could be used in open problem solving situations. The tool have been used by KK-Net people and some of our partners as a back-office tool to analyze complex and chaotic organizational problems.

Effective transfer of tacit knowledge generally requires extensive personal contact and trust. Another example of tacit knowledge is the ability to ride a bicycle. The formal knowledge of how to ride a bicycle is that in order to balance, if the bike falls to the left, one steers to the left. To turn right the rider first steers to the left, and then when the bike falls right, the rider steers to the right. ^[2] Knowing this formally, however, is no help in riding a bicycle, and few riders are in fact aware of this.

Helge: All that is very true and applies to 5T (the Finnish version). Are you happy with the “translation” of 5D?

Tacit knowledge is not easily shared. It involves learning and skill, but not in a way that can be written down. Tacit knowledge consists often of habits and culture that we do not recognize in ourselves. In the field of knowledge management, the concept of tacit knowledge refers to a knowledge possessed only by an individual and difficult to communicate to others via words and symbols. Knowledge that is easy to communicate is called explicit knowledge.

Helge: We’re now experimenting how to open 5T and how to communicate it to large numbers of users, trainers and coaches.

Tacit knowledge has been described as “know-how” - as opposed to “know-what” (facts), “know-why” (science), or “know-who” (networking). It involves learning and skill but not in a way that can be written down. The process of transforming tacit knowledge into explicit or specifiable knowledge is known as codification, articulation, or specification. The tacit aspects of knowledge are those that cannot be codified, but can only be transmitted via training or gained through personal experience.

Helge: Yes, I agree… but I also see that we’re in the process of “writing it down.”

"others know it, but you don't know it." -sherwin que

A chief practice of technological development is the codification of tacit knowledge into explicit programmed operations so that processes previously requiring skilled employees can be automated for greater efficiency and consistency at lower cost. Such codification involves mechanically replicating the performance of persons who possess relevant tacit knowledge; in doing so, however, the ability of the skilled practitioner to innovate and adapt to unforeseen circumstances based on the tacit "feel" of the situation is often lost. The technical remedy is to attempt to substitute brute-force methods capitalizing on the computing power of a system, such as those that enable a supercomputer programmed to "play" chess against a grandmaster whose tacit knowledge of the game is broad and deep.

Helge: The “automation” leads to the evolution of a business model as well.

The conflicts demonstrated in the previous two paragraphs are reflected in Nonaka's model of organizational knowledge creation, in which he proposes that tacit knowledge can be converted to explicit knowledge. In that model tacit knowledge is presented variously as uncodifiable ("tacit aspects of knowledge are those that cannot be codified") and codifiable ("transforming tacit knowledge into explicit knowledge is known as codification"). This ambiguity is common in the knowledge management literature. Nonaka diverted from Polanyi's original view of 'tacit knowing' that lacks empirical or conceptual foundation, as is discussed in detail in a later article by Ikujiro Nonaka and Georg von Krogh^[3].

Helge: Hmmm… need to read this several times to understand ;)

The documentation of 5T / 5D

Juho Tunkelo did ask in Qaiku about the documentation and business model of 5T /5D.

We’ve [KK-Net] used it as a back-office tacit knowledge mindset since 1987 but realized 2010 that the problem solving tool can be applied to process complex creative and learning processes.

The idea of designing it to a training, coaching and problem solving tool was initiated by Heikki Hallantie (comment on my wall in Facebook). The discussion continues in Qaiku.

In the meantime, we’ve continued to analyze problems with 5T and I started to produce drawings (cartoons) to find out how to “open up” the idea. I’ve been experimenting for some time with the idea of opening tacit knowledge and emerging ideas. The best way to learn more about 5T is to use it in problem solving situations. But there is much more to be done to get the training orders flowing ;)

The concept of VIRTUAL SUPPORT TEAM has been proposed by Paul Swansen, USA. The support could become a part of the cash-flow generation (business model) in organizations using the concept.

We could also sell the HAT and colored cards to improve the branding of 5T / 5D.

Suggest more. We’ve a new generic tool helping us to take out complexity from chaotic and unstructured problem solving situations. Tell me how you feel about it? It this point of the development “feeling” and “desire” combined with “dedication” are very important. The “data” or “knowledge” is always embedded in the problem solving situation. Execution leads to learning through “Do-it”.

Wikipedia: Tacit knowledge (as opposed to formal or explicit knowledge) is knowledge that is difficult to transfer to another person by means of writing it down or verbalizing it. For example, stating to someone that Tooting is in London is a piece of explicit knowledge that can be written down, transmitted, and understood by a recipient. However, the ability to speak a language, use algebra^[1], or design and use complex equipment requires all sorts of knowledge that is not always known explicitly, even by expert practitioners, and which is difficult to explicitly transfer to users.

While tacit knowledge appears to be simple, it has far reaching consequences and is not widely understood.

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