Thanks to Klaus and Bryn for responses, last week and today. Been reading, re-reading and thinking. Appreciated Klaus's willingness to clarify the three distinctions. Also appreciated Paul's note on Chris Frayling. One of my problems with the distinctions first issued and never explained in that long-ago paper has been the way it has been reified into a system without much more than the initial thoughts. If it was floated as an heuristic mechanism to help move the discourse forward, that explains a great deal. I'm certainly comfortable with a fuzzy and ambiguous idea being used as a stepping stone toward clarity. Klaus's comments bring greater clarity to the current discourse. I've been buried in something else for a few days, but I'm reading out of the corner of my eye and keeping these ideas warm on the back burner of my brain. More as soon as I have met a pressing deadline. Cheers to all, Ken -- Ken Friedman, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Leadership and Strategic Design Department of Knowledge Management Norwegian School of Management +47 22.98.50.00 Telephone +47 22.98.51.11 Telefax Home office: +46 (46) 53.245 Telephone +46 (46) 53.345 Telefax email: [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%