Tanaka said that as long as you ask questions, it will trigger new associations, and then connect related knowledge, from which your own "knowledge ecosystem" will be bred.
For example, I saw "What is the management responsible for? To read such a book, we should not only understand the basic knowledge (such as the definition and theory of "management"), but also ask ourselves: "Under the trend of network revolution and global warming, what will be the next step of management? "With the evolution of the times and trends, which concepts of management are eternal, and which ones must keep pace with the times or even be completely subverted?
In addition, various topics related to individuals are also the focus of extended thinking, such as "what is the company", "what is the reward of work" and "what is the meaning of success", which can make knowledge relate to individuals.
Tip 2: "Link phenomena and create stories" when reading.
In the process of reading, think about "what kind of relationship may these things have?" Taking himself as an example, when visiting bookstores, Tansaka usually takes turns to read books on various classified shelves, observing "what's the latest topic", "what's the book that most people are interested in" and "what's the new application of the old theory", while conceiving various possible "stories" about future changes.
For example, in the library area of Social Dynamics, a large number of books with the theme of "Tuozi generation retiring one after another" have emerged; On the bookshelf of information management, there are many books such as Blog Settings and Information Management. I saw books like How to Become a Consultant in the vocational training area. At first glance, it is irrelevant information, but after walking out of the bookstore, he will paint the following story in his mind:
"After retirement, there are still many people who are willing to work. There should be many people who will not consider continuing to work in the enterprise, but will provide consulting services for a fee online according to their own work experience. At this time, whether you can set up a special blog for yourself as the basic platform for your new career and whether you can effectively turn past experience into teachable knowledge is the key to success. Therefore, improving self-knowledge management and network skills will be the focus of the next wave of learning to enhance personal competitiveness. "
Tanaka said that this method is to "read the whole bookstore as a book" and extract a lot of potential key information from the content of a single book.
Tip 3: "Pay attention to the words of interest" when reading.
As for the secret of conceiving a story, we should pay more attention to it in our daily reading. Tanaka said that when reading, some words with "special feelings" will come into view for no reason. At present, he usually doesn't ask why, but only writes it down in his notebook. Often after reading a few books, he can catch a few words as related links, and then produce new concepts and ideas. He called this method "the creation of knowledge". After all, innovation is hard to create deliberately and generate unconsciously.