Comments on: Who are the experts? http://www.jarche.com/2006/06/who-are-the-experts/ Life in Perpetual Beta Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:59:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Top 10 Blogs for Corporate Trainers « EduTrends http://www.jarche.com/2006/06/who-are-the-experts/comment-page-1/#comment-450883 Top 10 Blogs for Corporate Trainers « EduTrends Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:19:11 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=800#comment-450883 [...] blog of Harold Jarche. Read The Relevance of the Learning Profession, then read the followup piece. When you have time, go back and read everything else he’s written, too – but those two are the [...] [...] blog of Harold Jarche. Read The Relevance of the Learning Profession, then read the followup piece. When you have time, go back and read everything else he’s written, too – but those two are the [...]

]]> By: Harold Jarche http://www.jarche.com/2006/06/who-are-the-experts/comment-page-1/#comment-272912 Harold Jarche Thu, 09 Jun 2011 10:56:14 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=800#comment-272912 Excellent metaphor, Peter! Excellent metaphor, Peter!

]]> By: Peter Connolly http://www.jarche.com/2006/06/who-are-the-experts/comment-page-1/#comment-272780 Peter Connolly Thu, 09 Jun 2011 01:58:57 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=800#comment-272780 Expertise is an intensely practical term, in that it's the ability to accurately apply appropriate knowledge. As such it is relative and therefore reliant on context for meaning. The problem is that the context is changing so fast that expertise has a very limited shelf-life. The accurate application of appropriate knowledge defines an Expert as opposed to a Practitioner. Previously, when it was knowledge and not expertise that was limited, Experts climbed further to the end of each branch of learning, and were acclaimed when they discovered a new bifurcation in their area of the tree. The tree is now growing so quickly that this kind of expertise is being buried by an avalanche of discovery. New kinds of what I would call "Meta-Experts" are needed -- those who cross-branch learning and bring it back into circulation. Perhaps we need a different model. Instead of a Tree, why not a circulatory-system? Mainstream, Institutional learning could be likened to the arterial-side and the novel, opportunistic expertise that returns it for general circulation, the venous side. Each depends on the other for social-progress, although often neither are prepared to admit it. Expertise is an intensely practical term, in that it’s the ability to accurately apply appropriate knowledge. As such it is relative and therefore reliant on context for meaning. The problem is that the context is changing so fast that expertise has a very limited shelf-life. The accurate application of appropriate knowledge defines an Expert as opposed to a Practitioner. Previously, when it was knowledge and not expertise that was limited, Experts climbed further to the end of each branch of learning, and were acclaimed when they discovered a new bifurcation in their area of the tree. The tree is now growing so quickly that this kind of expertise is being buried by an avalanche of discovery. New kinds of what I would call “Meta-Experts” are needed — those who cross-branch learning and bring it back into circulation. Perhaps we need a different model. Instead of a Tree, why not a circulatory-system? Mainstream, Institutional learning could be likened to the arterial-side and the novel, opportunistic expertise that returns it for general circulation, the venous side. Each depends on the other for social-progress, although often neither are prepared to admit it.

]]> By: Harold Jarche http://www.jarche.com/2006/06/who-are-the-experts/comment-page-1/#comment-272703 Harold Jarche Wed, 08 Jun 2011 23:59:42 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=800#comment-272703 Yes, it's networked-expertise that's really needed, to combine the skills of the individual with the understanding of the community. Yes, it’s networked-expertise that’s really needed, to combine the skills of the individual with the understanding of the community.

]]> By: Paul Higgins http://www.jarche.com/2006/06/who-are-the-experts/comment-page-1/#comment-272697 Paul Higgins Wed, 08 Jun 2011 23:46:34 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=800#comment-272697 I think we also need to ask experts in what? In our work we often quote research which shows that experts perform poorly in forecasting change, precisely because they are experts in a narrow and closed way - long history of deep training in a specific subject. Maybe the new expert is one that can take all the training and be flexible in their mental models to facilitate the collaboration that is both desired and needed in the sorts of examples talked about here - medical cases for example. In a complex medical situation I would not want a rigid medical expert or a crowdsourced solution. But a medical expert with great social and collaboration skills using others in the process would be fantastic. Paul I think we also need to ask experts in what? In our work we often quote research which shows that experts perform poorly in forecasting change, precisely because they are experts in a narrow and closed way – long history of deep training in a specific subject. Maybe the new expert is one that can take all the training and be flexible in their mental models to facilitate the collaboration that is both desired and needed in the sorts of examples talked about here – medical cases for example. In a complex medical situation I would not want a rigid medical expert or a crowdsourced solution. But a medical expert with great social and collaboration skills using others in the process would be fantastic.

Paul

]]> By: E L S U A ~ A KM Blog » Blog Archive » Expertise Locators on the Brain - Trusting the Experts http://www.jarche.com/2006/06/who-are-the-experts/comment-page-1/#comment-4662 E L S U A ~ A KM Blog » Blog Archive » Expertise Locators on the Brain - Trusting the Experts Tue, 27 Jun 2006 12:45:23 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=800#comment-4662 [...] Last week Jack Vinson (I am glad, by the way, to see he is back weblogging again after his vacation) shared one of the most comprehensive weblog posts that I have read in a long while around the always exciting topic of expertise location where he is actually shifting away from the traditional way expertise locators have always been considered: i.e. just tools. Indeed, Jack has written up an impressive weblog post on the subject with some incredible quotes on what expertise location should all be about. He is also referencing some other folks who have been talking about the same topic, sharing as well some interesting insights, such as Harold Jarche, Jay Cross, Dennis McDonald, Shawn Callahan, Ingo Forstenlechner, amongst others. I am also included in his references from a couple of weblog posts I shared on this very same subject not long ago and which you can read some more about here and over here. [...] [...] Last week Jack Vinson (I am glad, by the way, to see he is back weblogging again after his vacation) shared one of the most comprehensive weblog posts that I have read in a long while around the always exciting topic of expertise location where he is actually shifting away from the traditional way expertise locators have always been considered: i.e. just tools. Indeed, Jack has written up an impressive weblog post on the subject with some incredible quotes on what expertise location should all be about. He is also referencing some other folks who have been talking about the same topic, sharing as well some interesting insights, such as Harold Jarche, Jay Cross, Dennis McDonald, Shawn Callahan, Ingo Forstenlechner, amongst others. I am also included in his references from a couple of weblog posts I shared on this very same subject not long ago and which you can read some more about here and over here. [...]

]]> By: Knowledge Jolt with Jack http://www.jarche.com/2006/06/who-are-the-experts/comment-page-1/#comment-4550 Knowledge Jolt with Jack Fri, 23 Jun 2006 18:42:06 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=800#comment-4550 <strong>Expertise locators on the brain...</strong> One of the longest-lived topics in knowledge management is expertise location, from the early days of electronic yellow pages to the fun of today. What follows are my thoughts and some synthesis from recent articles on the topic.... Expertise locators on the brain…

One of the longest-lived topics in knowledge management is expertise location, from the early days of electronic yellow pages to the fun of today. What follows are my thoughts and some synthesis from recent articles on the topic….

]]> By: Harold http://www.jarche.com/2006/06/who-are-the-experts/comment-page-1/#comment-4127 Harold Fri, 09 Jun 2006 20:28:24 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=800#comment-4127 Charles; in reading your post I see that we on similar paths, with only some nuanced differences. I'm enjoying the discussion. Thank you for your comments. Charles; in reading your post I see that we on similar paths, with only some nuanced differences. I’m enjoying the discussion. Thank you for your comments.

]]> By: Charles Nelson http://www.jarche.com/2006/06/who-are-the-experts/comment-page-1/#comment-4123 Charles Nelson Fri, 09 Jun 2006 16:38:08 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=800#comment-4123 Apparently, as I read your response to my critique of your earlier posting, there is some misunderstanding of my points. I clarified those points and expanded on two other interesting comments you made in my post, "Experts, Learning, and Networks." Apparently, as I read your response to my critique of your earlier posting, there is some misunderstanding of my points. I clarified those points and expanded on two other interesting comments you made in my post, “Experts, Learning, and Networks.”

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