One of the approaches used in Knowledge Management (but not by me) is to position Knowledge in a hierarchy that goes:- Data => Information => Knowledge => Wisdom
Proponents of this model use a simple story to try and explain the difference between Knowledge and Wisdom. This goes, "Knowledge is knowing that tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad".
This perceived wisdom is challenged in China where I found tomatoes in almost every fruit salad that I had!
Wow, talk about spoiling a good fruit salad! If they weren't cut up I guess you could pick them out but if they were ouch...throw out the bowl.
ReplyDelete-Stephen