KNOWLEDGE-BASED SOCIETY

This is my second blog for May. I know I've missed 2 weeks of blogging and I haven't been true to my words - to blog very week. But truth to be told, it isn't because of lack of time, or because I was deprived of any Internet Connection. I was simply being myself... putting things off until the last minute!

May has been a very rewarding month for me... in terms of career advancement as well as in terms of new knowledge acquisition. I think I've learned a lot these 3-4 weeks than I had been in the last 2 years. When I say learning, I mean in all aspects of consulting work as well as in my personal life.

First of all, I'm now involved in the development of a blueprint for Knowledge Management (KM). Take a wild guess who that is for... hehehhee... To my surprise, this whole KM thingy was actually highlighted by our beloved Tun M. (and guess in which year..) in 1991. WOW!!! How long ago was that...?? In 2001 (if I'm not mistaken), a govt. agency (which naming of it is unnecessary) came out with what they called "Knowledge-Based Economy Master Plan". The heading itself can send shivers down your spine. And in that so-called Master Plan, there is a specific chapter (Chapter 8 - Fast Forwarding the Public Sector into the K-Based Civil Service) - one whole bloody chapter dedicated to the public sector. And in that so-called Master Plan, it is also stated that our public sector should achieve K-Based Civil Service in (take a wild guess again...) YEAR 2005!!!

And here we are... (my team and I actually) just starting to develop the blueprint... so what does that tell you..?? When all the top guns on their leather seats are preaching about KM, the arms and legs are now scurrying about doing god knows what to make this happen. I just hope that this "initiative" won't be like other gov. project implementations where THEY DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW HOW TO ASSESS THE ROIs...

ieja

A NEW CHALLENGE

I missed my weekly deadline to post a new post. I missed my first week of May blog... This is so typical of me you know... putting things off until the very last minute. I always find excuses not to do things. When am I going to change?

The question is not "when am I going to change?", but "am I ever going to change?". People say that old habits die hard... and I believe in that to some extents. Once, someone told me that it is going to be hard for someone to change his routine or habits once he has reached half of his lifetime... which means, if you are 25 years and above, it is likely that you will die with the habits or routine that you have incalculated in you for the first 25 years of your life.

Like I said, I believe in that to some extents. For instance, if in the first 25 years of your life, you have never been serious about praying 5 times a day as a Muslim, it's going to be very hard for you to start in the later years of your life. I have real life examples on this you know... That's how I draw this conclusion. But at the same time, I also believe that if you have great willpower, you can change yourself, no matter how hard it is and how long it will take you. I have also witnessed this in some people.

It's funny you know... with that realisation, I still have difficulties in changing some of my bad habits... like putting things off till the last minute... hehehhee... I suppose old habits do die hard... and I really really really need strong willpower to change that habit of mine...

ieja