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I completely believe this, you can’t manage something you can’t see

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Hi @besse  the Digital Twin Toolkit can help with this, let us know if you need any more help

 

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I think for specific technologies and processes I can’t escape the need to read the manual (RTM) or read the standard. So I’m going to answer the question what should people who are interested in digital transformation read, which I’m afraid might not help you answer the question you have in front of you, but hey, hopefully somebody finds a good book to read. 

A lot of people get fixated on solutions, it has to be this tech or that tech, or badged this way or that. Read The Innovator’s Solution to rise above such nonsense and look at the real problems you’re trying to solve.

Once you know what problems you’re trying to solve a book that I enjoyed was Octalysis: Actionable Gamification which looks at motivating users. So many times people produce new solutions that fail, because the operator on site simply ignored it, this isn’t a book about VR, this is a book about motivating people to engage with your innovation.

Then, as a project/programme progresses we will all naturally fall into many cognitive biases that Thinking Fast and Slow can help with.

Three books to make you a better digital/innovation professional in my opinion.

 

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I tend to agree with you Vladimir, because the last thing we need is mis-selling in this area in the way that we’ve seen BIM wash, but I know that Michael Grieves would argue that a virtual model for simulation purposes was the first digital twin at NASA (that was then used for managing the asset once it was in space).

So perhaps we’re in danger of being too focused on the built environment where we have developed our own terms for 3D models with embedded information aka BIM which has its own problem, what is BIM?! The lines are very grey and Digital Twins could well have the same issue. 

Take a listen to what Michael has to say. It’s a tricky subject, because we do seem to be diverging from the international vision of digital twins, but as the man says himself ‘it’s an analogy you know’

 

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oh and the Hub Together is a monthly town hall that we’re starting to run where the community can come and feedback to the Hub about how the programme is working for them, what could be improved etc. it’s quite a light hearted affair, I’ll try and dig out the link for the next one for you.

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I think the simple answer is ‘yes to all of the above’. Although I know you’re a member of Women in BIM it would be good to get greater engagement with the team. BPIC and Women who Code are a good shout too.

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Great response @RachelJudson  and thanks for the link. I’ve been doing some ontology work in my other life and I’m seeing the value of knowledge graphs and other diagrams like that when you have a deeply complex problem to solve. Which let’s face it, the idea of a national digital twin is. Hey, this post was intentionally contentious to promote this sort of discussion, but I do think more could be done to promote new technology platforms and the like. I don’t even know if that’s the place for CDBB, but it feels like an opportunity.

@Andy I’m glad you agree, I’m seeing that the UK is leading by doing both in the standards space and in the development of twins itself (not always true, but there’s generally a trend) why do I get the feeling that when we exit lockdown you’ll be the ‘first mover’ onto the dance floor, call it a hunch.

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There’s an industry wide issue around career development for information management professionals that needs addressing in my opinion and the same will certainly apply to digital twin professionals in the built environment. So defining a clear(er) career path would certainly help. Can this initiative prevent or mitigate the confusion exemplified by the conflation of BIM Managers and Information Managers that is still prevalent in industry?

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There are a few angles to this, who to engage and how.

Please list any groups that you think we should be engaging with 

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I’ve registered, but I’m chairing it, so that’s a bit redundant 😅

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we’ve got the hub together coming up (our first) and with your permission/blessing I’d like to discuss what the digital twin community should be doing about issues like this

 

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Once everyone’s had a chance to review the findings it would be interesting to investigate what this community could do about it. Thanks for sharing @Vicki!

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Thanks for sharing, Ian. Our academic (and academic adjacent) community will be very interested.

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I’ve been sceptical of Quantum computing for the last 20 years, but it is starting to look possible, probable even.

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I saw that tweet, I would have preferred an option that said “it’s an A N A L O G Y” … well it is at the moment anyway!