Books from AKRI

Two books written for AKRI and which support the work which is done by AKRI.

Thinking about

The two books have the words 'Thinking about' as the first two words of their title. This is to encourage any reader to understand that the books are intended to promote thought and the formation of opinion. Both books express ideas and make proposals which have been extensively investigated. Yet these ideas and proposals may or may not fit in with the readers own views. The intention is that after reading the books, the reader has formed a stronger and clearer view concerning their own beliefs about these concepts.

Thinking about Knowledge Learning and Wisdom

The book is written with the understanding that Knowledge and Wisdom are very complex concepts yet ones which are really worth thinking about. The contents of the book ranges from the philosophical to the highly practical. Sometimes, the more widely used words are, the less people know about them and what they actually mean. This book intends to help the reader to sort out this problem, at least for knowledge, learning and wisdom. More details are available here.

Thinking about Innovation

Several investigative projects were carried out in East Lancashire (UK) between 1990 and 2004. A great many people from many organisations contributed to the projects and several useful project outputs were produced. However, the information which the contributors provided was in danger of getting lost. The author (me) decided to organise and then write down these ideas and comments. In addition, the author took a fresh look at the ideas from a new perspective and used them to formulate process and policy for innovation. The book contains a summary of comments and ideas and a description of process and policy.

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Why you should read these books

Well, the truth is, you should only read them if you really want to read them.

If I had a need within an organisation to develop innovation, then I might buy and read the book and then try to implement resulting ideas. But I wouldn't buy this book simply out of curiosity.

However, I would buy the knowledge book out of curiosity. The middle part of it about Knowledge Structure Mapping is very useful if you intend to use it, otherwise it simply supports other ideas from the book. If you have no use for Knowledge Structure Mapping then it's the beginning and end of the book that may appeal more. PLUS, this book is a lot cheaper than the Innovation one.