[Ailist] AI Introduction

[Cheri Torres]

Bill,

How very important to go back to the original question!  Thank you for
reminding me of that.  My train of thought was off down the rabbit hole
chasing the difference between delivery and destiny.

All that said, the question I would need to ask Mokul before answering is
what are you doing with AI in the organization? Is it strategic planning? In
which case, the whole diversion down the rabbit hole is completely unrelated
to his need.

Thanks for helping me step back and see the conversation in the bigger
picture--I can chase even tiny rabbits!

Cheri

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Scott [mailto:wjs.consulting at shaw.ca] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 10:27 AM
To: 'Lionel Boxer'; ailist at lists.business.utah.edu;
cheri at mobileteamchallenge.com; mukul.kumar at rogers.com
Subject: RE: [Ailist] AI Introduction

Hi Lionel, Cheri (and others),

This thread has become a very interesting dialogue about the importance of
language
and the need to be precise in its use -- an important AI construct to be
sure.

This, I think, brings me to my thought on this subject. If language creates
meaning
-- and I certainly believe it does -- whose meaning and, ultimately, whose
language,
are we talking about? 

What I heard in Mukul's original post is this: The language of AI isn't
resonating
for his client group. In my opinion, to be fully in tune with my clients and
to be
seen as working with them rather than for them, I need to accept their
reality and
use language that does work for them. After all, it is the meaning of the
words I am
trying to get across more than the words themselves.

Also, on a second point, if "tactics" isn't the word one would propose, what
might
the alternative be? What word is it that we want as opposed to the one that
we do not
want?

Regards,
Bill


 
-----Original Message-----
From: Lionel Boxer [mailto:lionel.boxer at rmit.edu.au] 
Sent: February 12, 2007 12:11 PM
To: ailist at lists.business.utah.edu; cheri at mobileteamchallenge.com;
mukul.kumar at rogers.com; wjs.consulting at shaw.ca
Subject: RE: [Ailist] AI Introduction

Yes.  Tactics implies a degree of contrived-choriography inspired by
excessive-wishful-thinking and strategic planners motivated by their
incentive packages, while destiny implies an objective based on the
holistic appreciation of all stakeholders and effects of the
organisation that should occur during an AI intervention.  (how does
that sound?)