Asian Energy Advisors

Dr. David Weinberger talks here about:

… getting past the cult of expertise, moving instead to a view of knowledge as social.

That means showing work in progress and capturing the discussion during and after publication.

We need way more of this in the Philippine energy advisory sector. 

Way down in the last paragraph of this brilliant piece that I pointed to on Mamutong, Jeff Jarvis notes:

Smart opinions are not delivered fully formed; they are enriched by the conversation.

In these pieces Jarvis and Weinberger are both talking about more blogging (both behind and beyond the firewall) - linking, listening, entering into conversations - by professionals; putting ideas out there and seeing how they and your own opinions stand up or change under scrutiny, feedback, and the benefit of more information.

In solving our power sector problems, the fundamental issues we must focus on are social, not technical. And this practice (Asian Energy) is hacking away at it.