31 Jul 2009

An inspiring source for the future strategy of the EU

“The World in 2025. Rising Asia and socio-ecological transition”
European Commission. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities 2009 — 28 pp. a link

"Foresight and Forward looking activities have
a long tradition in the European Commission.
Today several Directorates-General have
available the competencies or studies that
allow them to better seize the challenges of
the future. The European Union Research 7th
Framework Programme integrates Foresight
and Forward looking activities within the thematic
field “Socio-economic Sciences and
Humanities” (SSH).

Good European governance is also based
upon Foresight and Forward looking exercises:
analysis of societal trends in the world
and in the Union, setting-up of reference and
alternative scenarios, identification of potential
breakthroughs (“wild cards”) are all elements
that allow decision-makers to highlight
their choices under a new perspective.

Reflexive or operational, qualitative or quantitative,
participative or based on the expert’s
opinions, Foresight and Forward looking activities
find their place in the European system.(...)

The advantages and disadvantages,
the benefits and costs of different
political, economic, social or technological
options as well as their economic, social and
environmental impacts can be estimated."

EC, DG for Research - SSH

21 Jun 2009

Latvijai ir nepieciešama

zināšanu vadīšana - prast iegūt vajadzīgās zināšanas mērķtiecīgai pielietošanai pasaules līmenī,

vajadzīgs forsaits - prast mērķtiecīgi veidot nākotnes priekšstatus atbilstoši pasaules līmenim,

jārealizē inovācijas - prast jaunveidot un pārdot atbilstošas tveramas / netveramas lietas pasaules līmenī.

Aiming Frameworks

We can perceive
FRAMEWORK/S IS A SET OF STRUCTURES SUPPORTING SYSTEMIC AND CONSTRUCTIVE MENTAL ACTIVITIES TO PERFORM THE JOB AT HAND
(Riga-Hannover-Brussels)

10 Jun 2009

Experienced dealing with futures

We can rethink knowledge of the individual and group ways, methods, thinking and performance frameworks and actions, experience supporting our new designs.

GROUP PARTNERS a link

SOCIAL TECHNOLOGIES a link

29 Apr 2009

Creating

Identify - choose - CREATE - analyze - synthesize
  • to identify - scoping the job at hand
  • to collect intelligence and choose strategic directions - ways and domains of interacting with people and knowledge artifacts
  • to analyze known things (relevant to the strategic directions) and add new /remove elements and structures to things changing their qualities and ideas
  • to synthesize new bodies, gains and outputs, providing deliverables - creating results (intangible and tangible) to be transferred to people - with obvious value for suppliers and users

31 Mar 2009

Zināšanu vadīšana,
Forsaits un stratēģiskā domāšana,
Interešu pārstāvēšana jeb lobēšana

ir trīs jomas, ko mēs labi pazīstam un pielietojam ar dažādām sekmēm savām, ģimenes, organizācijas, kopienas un novada, sabiedrības un valsts vajadzībam katru dienu.

Interešu pārstāvēšana jeb lobēšana


Kurss (12 temati) "Lobēšanas tehnoloģijas"
Biznesa augstskolā Turība, 2009. g. janvāris - aprīlis

26 Feb 2009

Emerging professions:

Certified Transnational Technology Transfer manager

This is a project (the FP6 of the EU) aiming at building up a framework to qualify TT-managers with whole recognition in Europe



Objectives

Conference: Technology Transfer - Title, Profession, System or Action! (Riga, 24-25 February, 2009)

FINAL REPORT WP3 / WP4, October 2008
see pdf file

29 Nov 2008

Knowledge policies for Europe

New on the European Commission Research web site

Investing in European Research
Expert Group for the follow-up of the research aspects of the revised Lisbon strategy (LEG)
- 5th report 'Lisbon Strategy: Between revolution and illusion' (synthesis report)

available at:
http://ec.europa.eu/invest-in-research/monitoring/leg_strategy_en.htm

'The "Expert Group for the follow-up of the research aspects of the revised Lisbon strategy (LEG)" was created by the European Commission (DG RTD) in 2006 to give support in analysing and monitoring the research aspects of the revised Lisbon strategy.

The group focuses its work on the following activities:

    • critical review of the research and innovation sections of Member States' National Reform Programmes and Progress Reports
    • analysis of ongoing and emerging trends in R&D at MS and EU level
    • identification of new challenges for the development of R&D policies with a particular focus on ERA
    • analysis of the policy instruments used to coordinate R&D policies between Member States and between Member States and the Community
    • provision of advice towards the development of an enhanced knowledge policy'

31 Oct 2008

What is WAY-IN of BLOG POSTS for us?

We are interested to share/market/trade our ideas and knowledge. Social media websites and tools are agreeable instruments to support our personal, business, community’s and other objectives (see: A framework for Social Media Marketing). Blogs & blogging way is between most accepted and easiest means to make it big. However, let’s imagine how often you/me/we seriously consider options of selecting successful, short ways of blogging to drive toward the intended goals?

Considering from both the writer and reader viewpoint, we can perceive a blog post as an issue created for and made available to other people. The blog post has the quality (or the interest) that makes us to notice both this post and author’s blog and want to read and think on its content.

Below is a short list (6 categories) of the qualities of blog posts that might be identified by an individual / team who read, interact, for instance, with Social Media Today (SMT) and other SM.

I would like to call the quality as a ‘way of the interest’ or way-in of a blog post.

An interested party can choose by its own preference and understanding how much and what qualities are to be selected to form a way-in list.

I have found ways-in of blog posts that also occupy my interest:

A description of an unfavourable situation

An expression of doubts about something

A marketing oriented explanation

A success story

A call to act for change

A positive idea worth pursuing further


For the given case, our task may be to identify the main (2-3) ways-in of a blog post during and after writing/reading it. My thoughts and reflections that found and marked main ways-in of SMT seven blog posts (articles) are illustrated in this table (pdf file)

Using this list, the identification of ways-in and marking those (with * in written) could be a value, like commenting and rating a blog post by knowledge production.

To work with way-in lists related to corporate/individual blogging on SMT and other sites may be inspiring and exciting, adding value exercises. One can also use the blog post comments and feedbacks together with reflections on ways-in for new approaches and evaluations. But don’t talk about all this now. Through way-in we may obtain a quite simple and, you may check, constructive (inter-mental & intra-mental) approach. Enjoy easy reading and rethinking on shared ways-in! That might be adaptable to many needs.


22 Oct 2008

A framework for Social Media Marketing


This framework is in progress approaching, developing and achieving the LNELS project objectives. It might be adapted for various tasks, different contexts, and business benefits.