And as knowledge and technology become ever more important, they risk falling off entirely.
The Court of Master Sommeliers, established in 1977, weighs appearance and performance nearly as high as knowledge.
As knowledge workers we need to strive to stop shoveling and start brokering.
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As knowledge and intellectual property become more important than physical capital, businesses feel compelled to protect that intellectual capital by taking extraordinary steps.
Much of the value created by firms is in the form of intangibles such as knowledge networks and open business models.
As knowledge of the brain expands, it may become more possible to map music's influence on the brain and brain development.
This matters, as knowledge-based work makes skills increasingly portable, and companies need to fire the passion of their staff with more than money.
Women play a particularly vital role in the transmission of expertise, as well as knowledge of rituals, traditional gestures and celebrations, and the safeguarding of techniques.
So, for example, hospital cleaners are counted as knowledge workers.
They created a platform for academics, which they call knowledge holders, to connect with businesses, known as knowledge hunters, who are interested in their specific research expertise or knowledge.
The thought here is that some of these practices have not matured long enough, or cannot be proven solidly to work, but yet can prove to be of value and there must be captured and preserved as knowledge.
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Exploration of 21st century learning or skills has emerged from the concern about transforming the goals and daily practice of learning to meet the new demands of the 21st century, which is characterized as knowledge- and technologically driven.
But as knowledge of how to control the risks of flying accumulated as checklists and flight simulators became more prevalent and sophisticated the danger diminished, values of safety and conscientiousness prevailed, and the rock-star status of the test pilots was gone.
This is the business model metaphor that most closely fits the future of higher ed: MOOCS like CDs and downloads will enable personal learning opportunities at low cost to a large market, while at the same time universities will provide an environment for a smaller audience of undergraduates to gain wisdom as well as knowledge personally from those who create the knowledge.
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Accumulate as much knowledge as possible and the put your signature to it.
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Starting in early 2013, the four-year initiative will focus on enhancing teacher education systems in eight countries so as to train an adequate number of qualified teachers to achieve EFA. Project activities will boost national capacity in ministries and key teacher training institutions, staff skills and competencies and supporting resources such as a knowledge base, with ICT as a major component.
This Framework takes national knowledge of general education systems as a starting point and brings in international knowledge to enrich local knowledge as necessary.
It includes oral traditions, performing arts, social practices, rituals, festive events, knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe as well as the knowledge and skills of traditional crafts.
Dr Liggins, as generous with his knowledge as with his whisky, was surprised that the rest of the world took 20 years to follow.
Whereas Wikipedia Art was meant to demonstrate that Wikipedia is not knowledge as such, but negotiated knowledge, Tweets in Space raises the issue of relevance and communications.
In fact, Watson is as self-contained as the knowledge of any single human being.
In terms of building trust, the way you treat people has just as much impact as your knowledge and expertise.
Of particular note is that as professed knowledge about the smart grid increases, so too does the concern regarding privacy.
Now, what role your agency will play as far as this Knowledge Initiative is concerned between the U.S. and India?
As our knowledge improves, we'll develop new power generation, propulsion, life support and other systems that can support more distant travels.
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Such superstitions faded as scientific knowledge increased, but in the 19th century interest in the spirit world revived, beginning in Germany.
"We think of it as a knowledge base, but it's also a group of people sharing, learning and showing off, " says D'Angelo, 26.
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