By knowledge we mean three types of knowledge:
(i) extrinsic knowledge (data, information, analysis)
(ii) tacit knowledge (models of thinking)
(iii) identity knowledge (knowledge leading to construction of self)
By enablement we mean three “levels of enablement”
(i) functional enablement (capacity to deliver)
(ii) design enablement (response to challenges)
(iii) evolutionary enablement (enabling practice journeys, i.e., journeys of becoming)
Thus “knowledge for enablement” is about translating the three kinds of knowledge into “interventions” that accomplish one or more of three kinds of enablement described above.
Some types of situation that interventions can span include:
One, situations where people must move from “knowledge acquisition” to “knowledge assimilation”.
Two, situations where people have to go beyond “learning a practice” to “sustaining a practice”.
Three, situations where people have to synthesize or integrate a “body of knowledge” into a “model of action”
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