Temp. Critique. Cognitive Edge Network. I-Space. The Information Space, or I-Space was developed by Max Boisot as a conceptual framework relating the degree of structure of knowledge (i.e. its level of codification and abstraction) to its diffusibility as that knowledge develops. This results in four different types of knowledge.[1] Public knowledge, such as textbooks and newspapers, which is codified and diffused.Proprietary knowledge, such as patents and official secrets, which is codified but not diffused. Here barriers to diffusion have to be set up.Personal knowledge, such as biographical knowledge, which is neither codified nor diffused.Common sense – i.e. what ‘everybody knows’, which is not codified but widely diffused.
The I-Space model is commonly shown as a cube with three axes: abstraction, codification and diffusion. The I-Space framework is an acknowledged early influence on the development of the Cynefin framework.[3] References[edit] See also[edit] The SECI Model Further reading[edit] Boisot, Max (1999). Cynefin. The various domains of the Cynefin model. Cynefin /ˈkʌnɨvɪn/ is a Welsh word, which is commonly translated into English as 'habitat' or 'place', although this fails to convey its full meaning. The term was chosen by the Welsh scholar Dave Snowden to describe a perspective on the evolutionary nature of complex systems, including their inherent uncertainty ("The Cynefin framework"). The name serves as a reminder that all human interactions are strongly influenced and frequently determined by our experiences, both through the direct influence of personal experience, as well as through collective experience, such as stories or music.
The framework provides a typology of contexts that guides what sort of explanations or solutions might apply. It draws on research into complex adaptive systems theory, cognitive science, anthropology, and narrative patterns, as well as evolutionary psychology, to describe problems, situations, and systems. Meaning of the word[edit] History[edit] See also[edit] Cynefin.