Knowledge is Pure Rationality

I love the smell of knowledge in the morning. — not Apocalypse Now

The myth of “hard” versus “soft” skills cripples organizational intelligence.

When we treat data, logic, and analytical reasoning as the only legitimate cognitive mode, we miss the nuance inherent in everything. Our minds are one organ in a system of information gathering. To understand the complexity we all face, we also need, embodied, emotional intelligence, intuition, relational attunement, creative insight.

Human systems are cognitive ecologies that need systemic ways of thinking.

Experience is valuable, but not if we only apply it to climbing a linear ladder towards certainty. Experience is a spiral pathway, teaching us slant. Knowledge is a lifelong process that includes developing tacit knowledge that we can’t easily articulate.

Wisdom is shared through experiences and meaning structures we create for others. AI is a perfect example. So much hype, so much fear, so much scientific interest, so much money ... and yet, its primary impact is relational.

Key concept: Diverse cognitive modes generate knowledge.