Tim Stoner wrote:
> The world wide web is like a mad monk's library. There
> is an awful lot of very interesting finds and useful knowledge available
> on the web, but finding that information is very difficult. There is no
> uniform reference guide or key to web. The very nature of a warehouse on
> the other hand is one of organization. Warehouses are designed to make
> life easier and allow work to be done more quickly. The web has no
> underlying organization .....
The very lack of underlying organisation coupled with the ease of moving
from one information item to another with hypertext is what makes the web
such a powerful creative learning tool. Organisation (warehousing?) of
information encourages one to focus on a particular frame of reference -
that of the information organiser. The nature of the web allows the
open-minded reader to juxtapose widely different concepts and ideas from a
multiplicity of disciplines thus facilitating the creation of new linkages
and ideas.
Question: If organisation is the medium of continuous improvement, then is
disorganisation the medium of continuous innovation?
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David Howard
d.howard@dme.wa.gov.au
--David Howard <migsddh@dme.wa.gov.au>
Learning-org -- An Internet Dialog on Learning Organizations For info: <rkarash@karash.com> -or- <http://world.std.com/~lo/>