[Sigia-l] Wisdom and best practices

[tOM Trottier]

"Best Practices", like meditation, can be an inspiration, but 
shouldn't be a strait-jacket. 

There's an old joke:
    Are you in Rio de Janeiro? - No
    Are you in Capetown? - No
    Then you must be someplace else. And if you're someplace else, you 
    certainly can't be where you are now...

"Best Practices" accomplish particular tasks in a particular 
environment really well. If the environment and the tasks are 
identical to yours, then "Best Practices" will work really well for 
you. But any differences degrade the "Best" part really quick.

Solutions are a relation, not an absolute.

tOM

On 4 Jul 2005 at 10:19,
Thomas Quine <Thomas.Quine at lss.bc.ca> wrote:

...
> "The wise see knowledge and action as one" - Bhagavad Gita, circa
> 3000 BC.
> 
> Why is wisdom important? Because it's where we get best practices
> from. Best practices can be extremely valuable to know, but they can
> only be drawn out from highly experienced, wise practitioners,
> people who do this all the time and care to get things right. These
> are sometimes referred to as Subject Matter Experts (SMEs).
> 
> Of course "Best Practices" are rarely the last word on the subject -
> what is? But if properly identified (i.e. based on the wisdom of
> genuine SMEs) they can be the most valuable starting point.


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