terça-feira, fevereiro 02, 2010

The Knowledge Funnel (parte I)


"The first stage of the funnel is the exploration of a mystery, which takes an infinite variety of forms.
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The next stage of the funnel is a heuristic, a rule of thumb that helps narrow the field of inquiry and work the mystery down to a manageable size.
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As an organization puts its heuristic into operation, studies it more, and thinks about it intensely, it can convert from a general rule of thumb to a fixed formula. That formula is an algorithm, the last of three stages of the knowledge funnel. (Moi ici: Muitas empresas parece que ficaram pela definição de meia dúzia de regras heurísticas e "prontos!". Por que não evoluíram, por que não deram o passo seguinte e criaram um algoritmo... para isso tinham de reflectir no que faziam e no que é que ajuda a criar valor e a fazer a diferença... seguem uma vida de Penélope. Durante uma parte da semana ou do dia fazem uma coisa, para na outra parte, desfazerem essa mesma coisa. Por isso, por exemplo, misturam produção de preço com produção de marca.)
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Even the most baffling mysteries, though, eventually crumble under the force of human intelligence. With sufficient thought, a first-level understanding emerges from the question at hand. We develop heuristics—rules of thumb—that guide us toward a solution by way of organized exploration of the possibilities.
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some people remain stuck in the world of mystery, while others master its heuristics. The beauty of heuristics is that they guide us toward a solution by way of organized exploration of the possibilities.
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An algorithm is an explicit, step-by-step procedure for solving a problem. Algorithms take the loose, unregimented heuristics—which take considerable thought and nuance to employ—and simplify, structuralize, and codify them to the degree that anyone with access to the algorithm can deploy it with more or less equal efficiency." (Moi ici: Elucidativa a descrição que o autor faz da criação, da tomada de consciência, da construção do algoritmo da McDonalds)
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Trechos retirados de The Design of Business de Roger Martin.

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