creative questioning

Anti-knowledge – the unknown as reservoir of the possible

YinYang

Anti-knowledge refers to the collective set of questions that form an antithetical structure to a subset or the sum of knowledge. Put more simply, Antiknowledge is whatever we don't know. Of course, we can't know what we don't know and so the only way to find out is to ask a question. Thankfully, the questions we can ask are the Who, What, Where, Why, How and When questions which operate on Anti-knowledge converting the questions into knowledge by structuring them. There are two fundamental types of questions:

  1. Learning questions - questions about knowledge that exists

  2. Knowledge Discovery Questions - questions that form knowledge when structured
Submitted by storytelling on 17 June 2009 - 8:51am. categories [ ]

Questions of interest to KM Practitioners

Group Discussion Topic

The following are knowledge discovery / creation questions that you might like to apply to yourself.

  • What unusual and useful know-how do I have? What is this know-how generally called and what could I call it?

  • Which creative metaphors could I develop to contain this knowledge and what stories could I tell that demonstrate my competence in the domain?
  • How do I quantify the value of this know-how to myself, my family, my community, the earth and society at large?
  • What does this know-how help me to create and achieve?
  • Who else is (or might) be interested in this know-how?
  • From where have I acquired this know-how?
  • What is the potential value of this know-how? To whom is it valuable and in what way?
  • How do I organise myself so that I can remember and reliably re-enact this know-how?
  • How do I create and sustain a sustainable income for myself, my family and my community using know-how?
Submitted by storytelling on 5 June 2009 - 1:01pm. categories [ ]