In January 2021, I was appointed as the Dean of Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment. It was a daunting task, as I don't have any prior experience as a leader of a faculty.
Can I do it?
How do I do it?
Questions lingering in my mind.
As a Muslim, I performed Istikharah prayer, seeking help and guidance from the One. And Alhamdulillah, after 6 months, I am still here. And hopefully it continues until the end of my appointment.
Insya Allah, I will try to share with you in this little journal of mine... my life journey experiences, as little as it might seem, so that it reaches others....
During this weekly, or sometimes, monthly discussion session, we were talking about prosumerism.
That is, Learn More, Discover More and Share More.
What is that?
It is essentially, how we, as a human, is on a path to get knowledge as much as possible, but we don't forget to share that knowledge as well, and then create new knowledge out of it.
Do you know, in a classic tip-of-the-iceberg example, we can only see the tip of the iceberg, but not the whole iceberg? That tip is equal the 5% knowledge, and the remaining 95% knowledge represented by body of the iceberg, that cannot be seen as it is under the water level. This is what we call as 'Tacit Knowledge' = Experience, Thinking, Competence, Commitment, Deed.
This Tacit knowledge is the gist....it needs to be captured, and shared.....more.......