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Mobilizing Knowledge: Acquisition, Analysis, and Action Albert Simard Defence R&D Canada Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum Ottawa, ON. June 19-20, 2012

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Mobilizing Knowledge:

Acquisition, Analysis, and Action

Albert Simard

Defence R&D Canada

Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum

Ottawa, ON. June 19-20, 2012

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Knowledge Work, Services, and Architecture

Knowledge ServicesSemi-structured

Service ArchitectureStructured

Knowledge WorkUnstructured

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Organizational Knowledge Flow

CreationCreation ValidationValidation

OrganizationOrganizationAuthorizationAuthorization

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Knowledge Management

Assets

Sharing

Work

Transfer

Infrastructure

Collaboration

National Defence, National Security, Public Safety

Markets

Resources Government

Application

Stock

Flow

Defence R&D Canada

Creation

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DRDC Knowledge Work

Inputs

Governance

Monitoring

Intelligence

Needs

Priorities

Establishment

Transformation

Programs

Services

Acquire

Create

Develop

Mobilize

Learn

Output Report

Integration

Innovation

Mitigation

Advice

Adaptation

Clie

nts

DND

(management)

(R & D)

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Three Similar Processes

Intelligence: Discover and analyze external content to identify a pattern or trend. (trolling, specific)

Mobilization: Compile and synthesize selected content to address an issue. (targeted, complex)

• Integration: Collect and combine diverse content into a unified whole. (processing, technical)

Acquire

Analyze

Act

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Core Model

Who

Work (What)

Input Output

Service (How)

When

Where

Need (Why)

Schedule No schedule

Real space Cyberspace

Zachman (1987)

Rudyard Kipling (1902)

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Monitoring the Environment

Cyberspace

MediaPublished Literature

Conferences Experience

Individuals

Ad hoc

Communities of practice

Practitioners

AccessAttend

Participate

Solicit

Receive

Discover

Review

Monitor

Detect

Capture

Monitoring Repository

Intelligence

make explicit harvest

Store interface

search filter scan

Research

Analysis

document harvest

*Web portal, *Search engine, *Library analysis apps.

* Other views

Work Service

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Service Framework for DetectionWork Person Input / Output Services

Monitor cyberspace specialist, employee downloaded content *Web portal, AI filter, *Search engine

Monitor media communications, specialist, employee

published article *Web portal, *Library, scanning

Research researcher, analyst identified pattern *Data management

Access literature scientist, professional published paper *Library, indexing*Search engine,

Attend conferences scientist, professional presentation, conversation

*Web portal, announcements

Participate in communities

expert, professional, employee

dialogue, conversation

*Web portal, access

Solicit practitioners representative response *Web portal, survey response template

Review experience participant after-action review, lessons learned

*Web portal, *Collaboration site

Discover employee miscellaneous *Social

Receive sender, recipient miscellaneous *Web portal, *E-mail

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Producing Intelligence

* Other views

Decision

Monitoring

Corroborate

Interpret

Prepare

*Sharing, *Web portal, *Expertise

template *Office Apps.

Work Service

Intelligence Repository

Store interface

Validate *Collaboration

cyberspace, media other pathways

*Sharing, analysis apps., Analyze

*Expertise *Collaboration

Recommend

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Service Framework for Intelligence

Work Person Input / Output Services

Corroborate practitioner, expert monitoring report / corroborated report

*Sharing, *Web portal, *Expertise directory

Validate community, group validated report *Collaboration, harvesting

Analyze analyst quantified report *Data management, *Sharing, analysis, pattern recognition,

Interpret subject-matter expert

interpreted report *Expertise directory, *Collaboration

Document author intelligence report *Office apps. report template

Store author, data manager

stored intelligence report

intelligence

*Repository

Recommend champion recommended action

*Decision

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Mobilizing Knowledge

* Other views

IssueInternal sources

Infrastructure Content Environment Resources Culture

External sources

Agreements, Content, Environment, Resources, Interactions

AcquireCompile

internal *Expertise, *Web portal, *Search, Retrieval

external *Expertise, *Web portal, *Search, Retrieval

Process

Issue RepositoryDecision

*Data mgt., *Content mgt.,

Integrateanalysis, synthesis, decision support

Store interface

Document *Office Apps.

Interpret *Expertise, *Collaboration

Recommend

Work Service

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Service Framework for Mobilization

Work Person Input/Output Services

Compile analyst, researcher, librarian

Internal content / collected content

*Web portal, *Library, *Search engine, *Expertise directory

Acquire analyst, researcher, librarian

external content, collected content

*Web portal, *Library, *Search engine, *Expertise directory

Process analyst, content manager,

standardized content

*Data management, *Content management, analysis tools

Integrate analyst, synthesizer integrated content synthesis tools, decision support system

Interpret analyst, synthesizer interpreted content *Expertise directory, *Collaboration

Document analyst, synthesizer author

report, recommendations

*Office apps. report templates

Store content manager, author

stored report, recommendations

mobilization *Repository

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Making Decisions

reject

Need

*Social *Collaboration

modify?

Document

Review

Revise

Schedule

Submit

Consider

Validate

Record Repository Action

Create

*Collaboration

approveEnd

Work Service

*Office apps

Store

Decide

interface

Recommend

decision support Analyze

psychological knowledge

*Office apps

*Collaboration

* Other views

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Service Framework for Decisions

Work Person Input/Output Services

Create knowledge worker need / idea *Social

Validate community, group validated idea *Collaboration

Analyze analyst alternatives decision support

Document writer draft document *Office apps.

proposal template

Review stakeholders, manager

consensus *Collaboration

Revise writer proposal *Office apps.

Schedule secretariat agenda item *Office apps.

Submit champion submission *Office apps.

Consider decision makers decision *Collaboration

Store record manager record of decision record *Repository

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Mobilizing Knowledge

Acquire Analyze

Act

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