[gu-l] (05/07/04) Profound paradigm shift from Industrial Age to Knowledge Age

[Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D.]

<<May 7, 2004>>
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Kaisa Kautto-Koivula, Lic.Techn., Ph.D. <kaisa.kautto-koivula at kolumbus.fi>

Marita Huhtaniemi <marita.huhtaniemi at kolumbus.fi>


Dear Kaisa:

(1) Thank you very much, indeed, for your msg (ATTACHMENT I) with kind words
for our book;

> Global Peace Through The Global University System
> Tapio Varis - Takeshi Utsumi - William Klemm (Eds.)
> University of Tampere, Finland 2003,
> ISBN 951-44-5695-5
> http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Global_University/Global%20University%2
> 0System/UNESCO_Chair_Book/Bk_outline-D13.html
> 
>> This book has the following opening chapter;
>> Takeshi Utsumi, P. Tapio Varis, and W. R. Klemm
>> "Creating Global University System"
>> http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Global_University/Global%20University%
>> 20System/UNESCO_Chair_Book/Manuscripts/Part_II_Intercultur/Utsumi%20Creating%
>> 20GUS/Creating_GUS/GUS_web/Creating%20GUS-D12.htm
> 
With your permission, I am taking the liberty of distributing this to our
list members (about 2,300).

> Dear Marita:
> 
> I admitted you into our list.  Pls send me your full address so that I can
> place you at an appropriate location in our main address book.

> Dear E-Colleagues:
> 
> Pls visit their very excellent following paper in Part III in our book;
> 
>> Kaisa Kautto-Koivula and Marita Huhtaniemi, Nokia Ventures Organization
>> "Evolution Towards Human-Centric Knowledge Society. Can Societies Learn from
>> Global Corporations?"
>> http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Global_University/Global%20University%
>> 20System/UNESCO_Chair_Book/Manuscripts/Part_III_Global_E-Learning/Kautto-Koiv
>> ula/Kautto_web/KauttoD5_web/KauttoD5.htm
> 
> Pls make sure to note the following sentence at the very last of this paper;
> 
>> ³The biggest barrier for new development of Human-Centric Knowledge Society
>> is our Industrial Age mindset!²
> 
> In a few sentence above, they say;
> 
>> ³Individual knowledge and creativity are the key production values and the
>> engine of economic growth in Human-Centric Knowledge Society. ³

(2) During our workshop at the University of Tampere in August of 1999, your
keynote speech mentioned about them briefly.

I immediately thought that this concept need to be introduced to our
Japanese colleagues, and this was why I asked you to contribute your paper
to our book, and I sincerely thank you for your excellent paper.

> This was because Japanese economy was doldrums due to their difficulty of
> transforming their society from industrial age to knowledge age due to their
> cultural and traditional background.

(3) While editing your paper, it reminded me of my saga with Mr. Yoshio
Utsumi (my long distance relative and the current Director General of the
International Telecommunication Union [ITU]) when he was the section manager
of data telecommunications at the Japanese Ministry of Posts and
Telecommunications (MPT) almost 2 decades ago ‹ see the followings;

> (a) The first half of my following paper in Part IV of our book;
> 
>> "Globally Collaborative Environmental Peace Gaming (GCEPG)"
>> http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Global_University/Global%20University%
>> 20System/UNESCO_Chair_Book/Manuscripts/Part_IV_Global_Collaboration/Utsumi,%2
>> 0Tak/GCEPG_D10_Web/GCEPG_D10.htm
> 
> (b) Chapter 1 of the draft of my another book "Electronic Global University
> System and Services";
> 
>> http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Bookwriting/Contents_of_Book.html

(4) Fostering creativity will be the central issue of the knowledge society.

Although there are many facets on this fostering creativity, the one I
encountered with the MPT mentioned above was the profound paradigm shift
from the circuit switching technology of analog telephony invented by Graham
Bell to the packet-switching technology of data telecommunication invented
by Paul Baran, one of our list members and a strong supporter of our GLOSAS
project for the past two decades.

> The principle of the former is exclusivity and dominance, the prominent
> natures of classic ³capitalism,² and the one of the latter is ³sharing² ‹
> sharing the valuable telecom media with digitized data (audio, video included)
> to bring drastic cost reduction ‹ some say that this is to realize the
> egalitarian society, the dream of Karl Marx.  Our GUS is to extend this
> principle to the sharing of information, knowledge and even wisdom.

Particularly whenever those paradigm shift is closely related with the
fundamental infrastructure of civil society (e.g., telecommunications,
etc.), such shift encounters severe oppositions ‹ the worst comes from
governmental bureaucrats ‹ see Niccolo Machiavelli's word on Introducing
Change in his "The Prince," 1513, which was quoted in Item (3)-(a) above.

(5) The other factor on the fostering creativity is that the creativity
itself is ³intangible² matter.

In the traditional capitalistic industrial society, there is economic theory
based on ³tangible² commodities, but there is NO economic theory to handle
intangible creativity.

> I once joked my friend at Columbia University that if he would have invented
> such a theory for knowledge society, he should have received hundreds of Nobel
> Economic Prize.  He then received only ONE a few month later, but, alas, just
> before going to receive it in Stockholm, he got a heart attack!!

We may then need to resort to the word of the Bible, ³Blessed are those who
believe intangible/invisibleness,² as some foresee that the next after
Knowledge Age would be Spiritual Age.

Accumulation of knowledge alone is not enough.  Knowledge with action for
good cause fosters wisdom.

> You may visit the following to get the slide (#7) for the hierarchy of
> zero/one, data, information, knowledge, wisdom, justice, ethics, etc.;
> http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Global_University/Global%20University%2
> 0System/2004-01,%20Dhaka,%20Bangladesh/Dhaka_01-22-04.html
> 
>> You may download both series of slides, ³With notes² and ³Without notes² for
>> clear viewing.  You may find other slides of some interest to you.

This means that it is not enough if education is mere transfer of knowledge
‹ it has to accompany with wisdom.

(6) Science and technology open the future of human history, which is
largely depended on the creativity of youngsters with strong curiosity.  The
coming knowledge society has to accommodate them.

> Pls visit the following web for the envisioned structure of knowledge society;
> ³Acceptance Speech of Lord Perry Award for Excellence in Distance Education²
> http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Perry-Award/Page/Perry1A.htm
> 
>> Thanks to the efforts mentioned in the Item (3) above and for initiating
>> global e-learning movement since early 1980s, I received this prestigious
>> award in the fall of 1994 from Lord Perry, the founder of the U.K. Open
>> University.  The two-year senior recipient of the same award was Sir Arthur
>> C. Clarke, the inventor of satellites.  It was such an honor for me to be
>> recognized for the same social status as such prominent world figure.
>> 
>>> Pls note the explanation of coloring of GLOSAS logo, particularly for our
>>> beloved EARTH and youngsters.
> 
> Youngsters¹ creativities are abundant, e.g., Nokia¹s emergence from
> shoe-making company to the world leader of cellular phone; Linus Torvalds¹
> invention of LINUX while he was a graduate student at the Helsinki University
> -- which was just a PC version of UNIX and yet which is now transforming PC
> world with its open source system ‹ which is another unique feature of
> knowledge society, as open course web sites of MIT, etc.  Mr. Kelvin, a
> graduate student at the University of Illinois invented Internet telephony
> (Voice over IP [VoIP]) almost a decade ago which is now threatening large
> telephone companies around the world ‹ several years ago, when VON coalition
> petitioned to the US/Federal Communications Commission against the appeal
> submitted by large analog telephone carriers to stop the development of VoIP,
> VON petition listed me as one of major proponents because of my track record
> background of de-regulating the Japanese telecommunications policies for the
> use of email mentioned in Item (3) above.

(7) The future of knowledge society in the 21st century ought to be in
global peace.  Those youngsters can bring it along with the creation of new
knowledge by globally collaborating through the broadband Internet.

> Our GCEPG project mentioned in the Item (3)-(a) is just an example to create
> such an  environment where they can work together with mutual understanding of
> intercultural issues and  fostering trust among them each other.
> 
> ³Economically under-developed² is not necessary synonymous as ³intellectually
> under-developed.²  If we deploy broadband Internet in global scale, we can
> have those creative youngsters from developing countries jointly creating new
> knowledge with counterparts in developed countries.

(8) With these in my mind, and with my hope to assist your next enhanced
version, I suggested you with the Schumpeter¹s famous words ³Creative
Destruction.²

I am awfully delighted to hear that your paper contribution to our book and
my suggestion made a profound influence on the decision of your way of life,
even leaving a prominent industrial firm as Nokia after serving for 20
years!!

Yes, after working about the same length of time in the world largest
companies in the US and Japan, I also came to the same conclusion as yours
about a quarter century ago, i.e., ³private sector cannot lead the
development towards Human-Centric Knowledge Society for the betterment of
the world.²

> You also say;
> ³Learning/education/KM are the core processes of new Society => so e.g. the
> whole institutional framework of education has to be reformed! What a
> interesting challenge?²

Yes, I wholeheartedly agree with you!! -- and this ought to be in global
scale ‹ what is an exciting challenge, indeed!! -- our Chinese colleague
says that our GUS is doing ³Great Global Social Revolution²!!

> Late Bob Smith, a renowned social scientist at the NASA, once said that
> GLOSAS/GUS project is the ³Beacon of Hope.²  A Croatian colleague said
> ³GLOSAS/GUS project is the lever of Archimedes² -- your University of Tampere
> with Tapio Varis¹ UNESCO/UNITWIN Networking Chair program on Global E-Learning
> is now providing us with its pivot, and many of our colleagues around the
> world are jumping on the lever to start moving the globe!!

In the Knowledge Age of the 21st century, university has to be the center
and leader of their community, as being the ³universe of knowledge,² -- see
Slides #25 and 43 of Item (5) above and the last word in my speech of Item
(6) above.

(9) When I had to return to Japan, my professor said to me ³Finish up your
Ph.D., then, you can think about the whole matter of Japan.²

> As introducing Internet to Japan and de-regulating the Japanese telecom
> policies for the use of email almost two decades ago, I accomplished his word
> ‹ incidentally, this was emulated later by other countries so that more than
> 750 million people use email around the world nowadays!!

When I was later asked to inherit the house representative of my home town
in Japan, my professor murmured to my ear with disdained, dismayed and
disappointed voice ³Haven¹t you graduated from Japan yet?²

> I am now trying to fulfill his word as creating Global University System ‹
> incidentally, the person who took the job became the Secretary of Self Defense
> Force and Minister of Health.
> 
To me, the former was metaphorically to climb Mt. Fuji and the latter to Mt.
Everest.  I forgot all of engineering knowledge he taught to me, but I
learned wisdom how to contribute to the world.  He was a great educator who
suggested his student with challenging goals.

> Incidentally, he donated $175 million to Polytechnic University and another
> $25 million to nearby hospital to take care of his wife who got Alzheimer¹s
> disease.

(10) A few years back, a renowned sociologist, James Campbell, said an
Arabic fable in his TV program.

> A camel is loaded with many salt slab on its back.  He struggled to stand up
> and then had to walk many, many miles on desert.
> 
>> This may correspond to your schooling age.
> 
> After many miles, the camel suddenly changed to become a lion.  As being the
> king of beasts, he jumped around vigorously.
> 
>> This may correspond to be the championship of your job.
>> 
> The lion came to an oasis and rest.  While doing so, a dragon (a symbol of
> dynasty or highest code of life so far pursed) appeared.  The lion ate the
> dragon.
> 
>> This may mean the enlightenment.
> 
> Then, do you know what happened?
> 
> The lion turned out to become a little baby with charming smile.
> 
>> This may mean a new life with full of hope, freedom and vigor of delightful
>> energy.

(11) You have made an outstanding enlightenment to find the destiny of your
life.

I would like to wholeheartedly congratulate your decision to start new life
for guiding the transformation of industrial society to knowledge society ‹
as you find in the flyer of the ITU in Slide #1 of the Item (5) above,
everybody is looking for this direction and guidance.

I would be very delighted if the above comments would trigger your bell to
elaborate them further in your new book.

(12) Meanwhile I will start contemplating how to make Japanese translation
of your forthcoming book.

Pls feel free to contact me if I can be of any help to your book writing.

Keep in touch.

Best, Tak



ATTACHMENT I 

------ Forwarded Message
> From: <kaisa.kautto-koivula at nokia.com>
> Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 17:25:22 +0300
> To: <utsumi at columbia.edu>, <WKLEMM at cvm.tamu.edu>, <tapio.varis at uta.fi>
> Cc: <kaisa.kautto-koivula at kolumbus.fi>
> Subject: My email address will change 30.4.2004
> 
> Dear Tak, Bill and Tapio
> 
> I have some news to you
> 
> I have decided to change my way of living -  and turn a totally new page in my
> life.  
> After working for Nokia 20 years I have now made a desicion to leave Nokia and
> take new challenges in professional life. This is a big  step that I have been
> preparing already for a while. And now when the time was ready for decisions I
> took this interesting jump to the future!
> 
> The article that we wrote with my colleague - Marita Huhtaniemi - to your
> Unesco book a year ago was at least partly reason for this decision. That
> opened in many ways our eyes and we both have decided to leave Nokia. So when
> you "gave your finger it took your whole hand and even yourself". But this is
> what we want to do - if possible improve a bit of this world,
> 
> I will inform you about the details of my new job (way of living) more when
> time is ready for that. Now I only mention that I will in future concentrate
> more on the research, development and lecturing around the topic -
> Human-Centric Knowledge Society. I deeply believe that we are just now
> watching a big paradigm shift - actually trying to cross a Paradigm Gap
> towards the new socio-institutional frameworks of knowledge society. And I
> hope that this society will be more human-centric!!!
> . And this means of course that learning/education/KM are the core processes
> of new Society => so e.g. the whole institutional framework of education has
> to be reformed! What a interesting challenge?
> 
> Tak, You adviced us to improve the article by adding the approach of creative
> destruction (Schumpeter et al). We studied that and few other things  and we
> found the results extremely interesting, so interesting that we were ready to
> leave Nokia. We believe that private sector cannot lead the development
> towards Human-Centric Knowledge Society in this kind of paradigm shift. It
> can/should contribute but not lead.
> 
> We would like to write expanded article of this process to Human-Centric
> Knowledge Society (why, what, hOw, who, when)- or even a book (so
> wide/complicated the issue is). At this moment we are looking for funding for
> the writing of that book. MOst part of the material is already there. So if
> your know any potential sources for funding, please let me know.
> 
> In this new situation I would like to continue our email communication - e a
> member of your maililng list-  I have now more time to contribute.
> 
> So could you please notice that MY EMAIL ADDRESS WILL CHANGE 30.4.2004. The
> new one (private) is kaisa.kautto-koivula at kolumbus.fi (see above also)
> 
> And last wish: If there will the second edition in Unesco book, I would
> appriciate if our contact information could updated (especially email
> address).
> 
> I wish you all nice spring time
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Kaisa Kautto-Koivula
> Ph.D (educ.), Lic. Techn.
> Docent, New Learning Environments at work (Tampere University, Finland),
> 
> email: kaisa.kautto-koivula at kolumbus.fi
> Mobile: +358 400 403 632

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Kaisa Kautto-Koivula, Lic.Techn., Ph.D.
Docent, New Learning Environments
Tampere University
Finland
Mobile: +358 400 403 632
kaisa.kautto-koivula at kolumbus.fi

Marita  Huhtaniemi 
marita.huhtaniemi at kolumbus.fi


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