How We Process Information Using The DIKW Model

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Building Blocks

The formula for decision making derives from proper chunking of what our senses perceived and how we process it in our mind; if we want to identify or learn what is in front of us—we have to discern the object/entity and profoundly comprehend its properties. DIKW Pyramid is a model we can use to organize and structure our thoughts to conclude a decision. Starting from data, information, knowledge, and wisdom. Analogous example will be emphasized to nullify technical concepts for lighter comprehension.

Data

This is pretty much a straightforward form of what your senses perceive; when you taste food you can gather a pool of answers depending on your taste buds: sour, bitter, sweet, or salty. Remember, data are raw facts waiting to be stripped and revealed based on how we process information that comes inside our mind.

Information

Context lives in this block, information provides life and meaning to data. Questions on who, what, where, and when—will surface to organize, structure, and contextualize the data perceived. From the aforementioned example, if the dish is much salty based on your taste buds—a question will raise in your mind:

What kind of salty ingredient did the chef used for their dish?

When did they marinate this dish?

Answering these questions will make your information processing starts to feel formed and cultivated.

Knowledge

After analyzing and interpreting information we can now turn it as knowledge. These provide answers to our whys and hows:

Why is their dish too salty?

How did they cook this dish?

How sodium rich is their dish?

At this point, you are now ready to make decisions based on the outcome of the questions that were raised in your mind.

Wisdom

The final block of the model focus more on decisions. After eating the salty dish, you can now decide for future events since the experience already occurred.