![]() Some of the books available to read were “Baltimore Cop,” “Shoes of a Street Fighter” and “Ukrainian.” Stephen Henry, the head of the performing arts library, organized the event along with performing arts librarian Drew Barker and other members of the Michelle Smith Collaboratory of Visual Culture and The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.Įach of the human books at the event were asked to provide a short and captivating title. People with particular life experiences volunteer to be human “books,” which readers can sign up to “read.” Reading a book involves listening to a story about the volunteer’s life and asking questions about the issues the book represents. The Human Library is a global movement that began in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2000 as a way to create a safe space for difficult conversations regarding prejudices and misconceptions. My headline ‘Quiet is the new loud’ is actually album name of a Norwegian indie band Kings of Convenience.Dilan Gunawardana wandered into NextNOW Fest’s Human Library at the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library after being intrigued by its name, but he left having negated stereotypes he had previously believed. One of the first steps for me is to apply Quiet is the New Loud Attitude. I hope that I can live up to what John Hagel calls for: being that new kind of entrepreneur. ![]() These environments will focus participants on the opportunity to learn faster by working together in addressing challenges that draw on the tacit knowledge of each participant. These entrepreneurs will understand and address the unmet needs of those who want to participate in environments that foster deep, trust-based relationships across both virtual and physical space. Here’s a snippet from it:Īs we enter a new decade, the greatest wealth will be created by a new set of entrepreneurs. If you haven’t read John Hagel’s latest blog post about tacit knowledge, trust-based relationships, and talent development, please do so. This is not happening overnight but I do believe that Quiet will be more valuable than Shouting Out Loud. An attitude that embraces learning, openness, and transparency. Most of all it is about an attitude – an attitude of the individuals forming a team, working group, or an organization. Still it is primarily not about the tools and processes. We have unforeseen number of software tools and technologies available to support these flows. Survival in competition is more and more based on capability to create and maintain fruitful and learning relationships with colleagues, partners, competitors, and customers.Strategic success of an organization is depending how well it manages to blend available explicit and tacit knowledge.There’s lots of research on how diverse working groups are more creative, less dependent on old paths, and easier makes linkages between different domains. Tacit knowledge flow supports creativity.Tacit knowledge plays an essential role in our learning processes.Rich flows of tacit knowledge are needed for success: In these times of huge amount of data, paradoxically it is tacit knowledge that best supports value creation. I am inspired by the idea of tacit knowledge flow, a flow that relies on trust-based relationships. With that I refer to tacit knowledge and its value. I have chosen Quiet is the New Loud as my motto for January, and for the rest of the year 2011.
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