<documenta X><blast> skills you may have with information

Richard Nelson Bolles (blast-agent@forum.documenta.de)
Wed, 17 Sep 1997 16:48:32 -0400

OBSERVING. Studying the behavior of people, animals, or things, or the
details of a particular phenomenon or place.

COMPARING. Examining two or more people or things, to discover
similarities and dissimilarities.

COPYING, STORING, AND RETRIEVING. Making an imitation in the mind or on
various materials.

COMPUTING. Dealing with numbers, performing simple or complex
arithmetic.

RESEARCHING. Finding and reporting on things not easy to find.

ANALYZING. Breaking a principle or thing into its constituent parts, or
basic elements.

ORGANIZING. Giving a definite structure and working order to things.

EVALUATING. Making judgments about people, information, or things.

VISUALIZING. Able to conceive shapes or sounds, perceiving their
patterns and structures, and to enable others to see them too.

IMPROVING, ADAPTING. Taking what others have developed, and applying it
to new situations, often in a new form.

CREATING, SYNTHESIZING. Transforming apparently unrelated things or
ideas by forming them into a new cohesive whole.

DESIGNING. Fashioning or shaping things.

PLANNING, DEVELOPING. Determining the sequence of tasks, after
reviewing pertinent data requirements, and often overseeing the carrying
out of the plan.

RNB
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