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Re: Personal knowledge management & wisdom

esaki, April 14, 2010 6:16 a.m.

Synopsis of "method for creating wisdom from knowledge" which recently published in japan as English version by Dr. Michihiko Esaki and chris C.Nishihama.
This is a one-of-a-kind book which shows the wisdom of how to do something.
If indicating, the relationship of "Have knowledge" and "Have wisdom", it will be as follows.
1. Have knowledge:
To "Have knowledge" means that one possesses the following 2 information.
(1) Information concerning the cause-effect relationship.
(2) Information about what exists somewhere (including information about the mechanism and components).
For instance, information on the cause-effect relationship is to know that, "If I drop a glass cup, it will most likely
break." Information about what exists somewhere (including information about its mechanism and components) means
to know that a glass cup exists, and to know what kind of material it is made of, its construction, etc.
2. Have wisdom.
To "Have wisdom" means,
(1) Having knowledge regarding the process about how something should be carried out in order to do something, and
(2) Having knowledge about what kind of results will be brought about and what will happen to the structural
component when the process is undertaken.
For instance, when I want to break a glass cup, either I will drop it or I will throw it up in the air and let it drop on
concrete. If I want to be sure of the outcome (process information about how something should be done), then I may
throw it down on the concrete or get a hard substance and smash the cup with it. Furthermore, if I want to shave my
beard with the broken glass, I would choose the fragment with an edge that is sharp enough (result and what would
happen to the structure component). Thus, although knowledge develops into wisdom, only with the Direction of Will
and Direction of Value will knowledge be rearranged into wisdom, and according to that wisdom action can be taken.
What organizes the Direction of Will and the Direction of Value is the PMD*1 (Purpose Measure Diagram), what makes
the means into a process is the Steplist*2 and what creatively constructs or organizes the existence or the structural
component of things and systems is the FBS technique*3. (*1, :*2, *3 methods are shown in this book)
(3) In order to create Wisdom, it is only necessary to have the Will.
(4) To have the will, clarify "in order to do what, what is necessary to do?"
(5) To have the will, it is enough only to have the PMD (Purpose Measure Diagram) in visible style or in one's mind.
(6) To have the end result, it is only necessary to have the procedure to realize it.
3. To have a chain of knowledge
When wisdom affects the result, the explanation about it that if one were to do "this", "that" would happen, or when it is
either explained or passed onto others, it becomes new knowledge and is added to the knowledge that we have already.
This becomes a circulation of knowledge, wisdom and the newly attained knowledge.
In the "Method for Creating Wisdom from Knowledge", this circulation mechanism is called the "Wisdom
Engine". The PMD (Purpose measure diagram) becomes the Direction of Will and a Key Word which is easily
found in the PMD becomes the sole KEY SWITCH for making this engine turn.
In order to do the above, use the Method for Creating Wisdom from Knowledge found in this book. The method
for creating Wisdom from Knowledge is the mechanism that has been being carried out in our unconsciousness
throughout our life.
It can be compared and found to exceed the scientific decision making methodology created by the Nobel
Prize winner Herbert Simon.
This book was donated to the each country's embassy and to the head Secretariat of the United Nations in Japan
in October, 2009.
I would be honored if this book is referred to others and is used as reference material or as a textbook.

This book is the world's first "A Concrete Method for Changing Knowledge to Wisdom" that solves
problems and realizes tasks. A methodology outlining what has been carried out unconsciously by people,
yet was never explained clearly.
● A method that organizes the relationship of the problem and task (using the PMD method).
To expand on problem solving and tasking realization
　・Organize the relationship of the problem and task
　・Switch the problem to a task
● A method for clarifying the Direction of Will (using the PMD method).
In order to visualize the vector aligning of related parties (including individuals)
　・Organize the repeating relationship of the purpose and means.
　・Clarify the Direction of Will and the purpose
　・Grasp where to start
　・Create a caricature or cartoon having the final outcome
● A method for creating a procedure in order to realize the purpose (Using the Steplist method).
In order to create a Faultless Phased procedure for the realization of the purpose
　・Give an appropriate name to the result of the purpose, and clarify the contents
　・Create a procedure by using the framework of the Faultless Phased Procedure.
● A method for optimizing the result of the purpose (using the FBS (Function Breakdown Structure) method).
Create 3 comparative proposals, evaluate and in order to make a logical selection
　・Understand the expression, "In brief, only ... needs to be done."
　・Create 3 comparitive proposals.
　・Compare, evaluate and make a judgment
● Utilize this methodology in organizations (using the Implementation Plan method)
In order to use this method effectively in the organization
　・ In organizations, make a faultless effective follow-up with the method for creating and utilizing the Implementation Plan that uses the induction and deduction approach
● This book have the following appendices for professional use
　① The clear relationship of Projct management and System Engineering methods using the Method for creating
Wisdom from Knowledeg.
　② A sample of the basic contract model of Japan Materials Management Association which shall also apply to the sub-byees.

A reader of this book, Mr. Daniel Langlois（Canadian）'s comment 2009-10-15 at Gifu city
In this book, Dr. M. Esaki wants to give each one of us a new meaningful tool, a new purpose to our daily actions in order for us to
be happy during the course of our life and to be proud of our achievements at the end of our life.
Our goal should be to acquire as much knowledge as possible in order to create wisdom from knowledge and this way, cooperate
with each other instead of fighting to keep the earth as a comfortable place to live in.
The more knowledge we acquire, the better we will be able to create wisdom and use it in a more useful way than fighting each other.
The beauty of this method is that it can be applied every work or every situation, because it is so simple or even the common person
can utilize it.
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