Comments on: Adam Smith and Ostentatious Avidity in Project Management http://pmstudent.com/adam-smith-and-ostentatious-avidity-in-project-management/ Helping new and aspiring project managers reach their career goals! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:27:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robert Higgins http://pmstudent.com/adam-smith-and-ostentatious-avidity-in-project-management/#comment-25425 Robert Higgins Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:42:00 +0000 http://pmstudent.com/?p=3783#comment-25425 Interesting, synchronicity. I delivered a presentation at PMI-Japan for the PMBOK Cafe Workshop On August 8th using Nonaka's concepts of Tacit, Explicit and Connected Knowledge. In that presentation I discussed about connective knowledge or distributed knowledge using Stephen Downes Theories. From My Blog post on July 18 "Open, autonomous, diverse and connected networks produce more and better knowledge for organizations. Stephen Downes November 2008. Connectivism decreases the boundaries of projects." This type of knowledge is emerging more than ever with networking, it is not who you know anymore it is who in your network are you connected with. The implication is your network can know things that the individuals don't. Which I tied it all back together as Old Knowledge with Adam Smith and his "Invisible Hand of the Markets". Interesting, synchronicity. I delivered a presentation at PMI-Japan for the PMBOK Cafe Workshop On August 8th using Nonaka’s concepts of Tacit, Explicit and Connected Knowledge. In that presentation I discussed about connective knowledge or distributed knowledge using Stephen Downes Theories. From My Blog post on July 18 “Open, autonomous, diverse and connected networks produce more and better knowledge for organizations. Stephen Downes November 2008. Connectivism decreases the boundaries of projects.”

This type of knowledge is emerging more than ever with networking, it is not who you know anymore it is who in your network are you connected with. The implication is your network can know things that the individuals don’t. Which I tied it all back together as Old Knowledge with Adam Smith and his “Invisible Hand of the Markets”.

]]> By: Robert Higgins http://pmstudent.com/adam-smith-and-ostentatious-avidity-in-project-management/#comment-13864 Robert Higgins Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:42:35 +0000 http://pmstudent.com/?p=3783#comment-13864 Interesting, synchronicity. I delivered a presentation at PMI-Japan for the PMBOK Cafe Workshop On August 8th using Nonaka's concepts of Tacit, Explicit and Connected Knowledge. In that presentation I discussed about connective knowledge or distributed knowledge using Stephen Downes Theories. From My Blog post on July 18 "Open, autonomous, diverse and connected networks produce more and better knowledge for organizations. Stephen Downes November 2008. Connectivism decreases the boundaries of projects." This type of knowledge is emerging more than ever with networking, it is not who you know anymore it is who in your network are you connected with. The implication is your network can know things that the individuals don't. Which I tied it all back together as Old Knowledge with Adam Smith and his "Invisible Hand of the Markets". Interesting, synchronicity. I delivered a presentation at PMI-Japan for the PMBOK Cafe Workshop On August 8th using Nonaka’s concepts of Tacit, Explicit and Connected Knowledge. In that presentation I discussed about connective knowledge or distributed knowledge using Stephen Downes Theories. From My Blog post on July 18 “Open, autonomous, diverse and connected networks produce more and better knowledge for organizations. Stephen Downes November 2008. Connectivism decreases the boundaries of projects.”

This type of knowledge is emerging more than ever with networking, it is not who you know anymore it is who in your network are you connected with. The implication is your network can know things that the individuals don’t. Which I tied it all back together as Old Knowledge with Adam Smith and his “Invisible Hand of the Markets”.

]]> By: Dr. Paul D. Giammalvo http://pmstudent.com/adam-smith-and-ostentatious-avidity-in-project-management/#comment-13737 Dr. Paul D. Giammalvo Sat, 12 Sep 2009 09:34:03 +0000 http://pmstudent.com/?p=3783#comment-13737 Hi Josh, Glen and Bill, Funny, but I too am a fan of Adam Smith's form of economics, and I am having a hard time reconciling the exchange above with Smith's "man within" and "man without" philosophies. As I understand it, Smith believed we not only seek out the approval of others, but has some tension between what he approves of in other men....... (III.2.7) Bringing this to PMI, and speaking only for myself, PMI (as an organization, and some people within the organization, but far from all of them) do not exemplify the values I subscribe to as a life-long project manager. By the same token, I neither need nor want recognition from this organization because I don't respect what it has become. One of my frustrations has been how people I do respect continue to support PMI? BR, Dr. PDG, Jakarta http://www.getpmcertified.com Hi Josh, Glen and Bill,
Funny, but I too am a fan of Adam Smith’s form of economics, and I am having a hard time reconciling the exchange above with Smith’s “man within” and “man without” philosophies.

As I understand it, Smith believed we not only seek out the approval of others, but has some tension between what he approves of in other men……. (III.2.7)

Bringing this to PMI, and speaking only for myself, PMI (as an organization, and some people within the organization, but far from all of them) do not exemplify the values I subscribe to as a life-long project manager. By the same token, I neither need nor want recognition from this organization because I don’t respect what it has become.

One of my frustrations has been how people I do respect continue to support PMI?

BR,
Dr. PDG, Jakarta
http://www.getpmcertified.com

]]> By: Dr. Paul D. Giammalvo http://pmstudent.com/adam-smith-and-ostentatious-avidity-in-project-management/#comment-25424 Dr. Paul D. Giammalvo Sat, 12 Sep 2009 09:34:00 +0000 http://pmstudent.com/?p=3783#comment-25424 Hi Josh, Glen and Bill, Funny, but I too am a fan of Adam Smith's form of economics, and I am having a hard time reconciling the exchange above with Smith's "man within" and "man without" philosophies. As I understand it, Smith believed we not only seek out the approval of others, but has some tension between what he approves of in other men....... (III.2.7) Bringing this to PMI, and speaking only for myself, PMI (as an organization, and some people within the organization, but far from all of them) do not exemplify the values I subscribe to as a life-long project manager. By the same token, I neither need nor want recognition from this organization because I don't respect what it has become. One of my frustrations has been how people I do respect continue to support PMI? BR, Dr. PDG, Jakarta http://www.getpmcertified.com Hi Josh, Glen and Bill,
Funny, but I too am a fan of Adam Smith’s form of economics, and I am having a hard time reconciling the exchange above with Smith’s “man within” and “man without” philosophies.

As I understand it, Smith believed we not only seek out the approval of others, but has some tension between what he approves of in other men……. (III.2.7)

Bringing this to PMI, and speaking only for myself, PMI (as an organization, and some people within the organization, but far from all of them) do not exemplify the values I subscribe to as a life-long project manager. By the same token, I neither need nor want recognition from this organization because I don’t respect what it has become.

One of my frustrations has been how people I do respect continue to support PMI?

BR,
Dr. PDG, Jakarta
http://www.getpmcertified.com

]]> By: Glen B. Alleman http://pmstudent.com/adam-smith-and-ostentatious-avidity-in-project-management/#comment-13731 Glen B. Alleman Sat, 12 Sep 2009 04:55:09 +0000 http://pmstudent.com/?p=3783#comment-13731 I learned that phrase while a software developer at Fluor. We were developing a piping design system - one of the 1st using 3d collision detection. The lead piping engineer informed us one day that he was tired of hearing all the wonderful things that were going to happen when we got the system to work. Since he had been designing piping systems for a few decades, and was a crusty construction engineer - what were we going to do for him today. Forget the past, forget the future - how about this week? It's common in some circles for people to use their credentials as the lead in a conversation. And for others to tell me about the important contributions they've made to the discipline. But watching the program manager of the current manned space flight program - he'd say, just like the piping engineer of 30 years ago - "nice stuff, but what value do you bring to the table this week?" I learned that phrase while a software developer at Fluor. We were developing a piping design system – one of the 1st using 3d collision detection.

The lead piping engineer informed us one day that he was tired of hearing all the wonderful things that were going to happen when we got the system to work. Since he had been designing piping systems for a few decades, and was a crusty construction engineer – what were we going to do for him today.

Forget the past, forget the future – how about this week?

It’s common in some circles for people to use their credentials as the lead in a conversation. And for others to tell me about the important contributions they’ve made to the discipline. But watching the program manager of the current manned space flight program – he’d say, just like the piping engineer of 30 years ago – “nice stuff, but what value do you bring to the table this week?”

]]> By: Glen B. Alleman http://pmstudent.com/adam-smith-and-ostentatious-avidity-in-project-management/#comment-25423 Glen B. Alleman Sat, 12 Sep 2009 04:55:00 +0000 http://pmstudent.com/?p=3783#comment-25423 I learned that phrase while a software developer at Fluor. We were developing a piping design system - one of the 1st using 3d collision detection. The lead piping engineer informed us one day that he was tired of hearing all the wonderful things that were going to happen when we got the system to work. Since he had been designing piping systems for a few decades, and was a crusty construction engineer - what were we going to do for him today. Forget the past, forget the future - how about this week? It's common in some circles for people to use their credentials as the lead in a conversation. And for others to tell me about the important contributions they've made to the discipline. But watching the program manager of the current manned space flight program - he'd say, just like the piping engineer of 30 years ago - "nice stuff, but what value do you bring to the table this week?" I learned that phrase while a software developer at Fluor. We were developing a piping design system – one of the 1st using 3d collision detection.

The lead piping engineer informed us one day that he was tired of hearing all the wonderful things that were going to happen when we got the system to work. Since he had been designing piping systems for a few decades, and was a crusty construction engineer – what were we going to do for him today.

Forget the past, forget the future – how about this week?

It’s common in some circles for people to use their credentials as the lead in a conversation. And for others to tell me about the important contributions they’ve made to the discipline. But watching the program manager of the current manned space flight program – he’d say, just like the piping engineer of 30 years ago – “nice stuff, but what value do you bring to the table this week?”

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