Lately I have come to a new insight in the different stages an organization goes through when embarking on the content management learning curve. This is the first time I have tried to write it down. Funny thing is you then immediately see it all around you. Cognitive resonance at work!
The book has arrived, even sooner than promised. A framework for evidence-based policy making using IT, by Hans Stol. From flipping through its pages you can tell: this is the hard stuff. But let’s start at the beginning, the introduction in Chapter 1.
Each month in ‘Filosofie Magazine’ another euphemism is discussed. This month it is ‘creating for yourself’. The author warns for artists who claim only to create for themselves, claim independence of acknowledgement by others. They only take cover for rejection. For what is more dissatisfying than creating something nobody values? And, vice versa, what is more satisfying than creating something that you already know will be used by others?
I would have never thought this, but the current president of the USA had some really interesting things to say about information. Barack Obama at his White House ceremony told the world that from today on we are to share information, and not to withhold it. Sharing information is the way to a transparent organization that can be held accountable for its actions.
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