Monday, October 17, 2005

Tongue Twister

"There are known knowns. There are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns. That is to say, we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns, the ones we don't know we don't know."

-Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense explaining the limitations of intelligence reports.

ps: I'm no fan of Rumsfeld, but this is an interesting quote.

3 comments:

aparna said...

Straight out of the Johari window...isn't it? complete with all the 4 quadrants! For those unfamiliar with the model, here is a link http://www.augsburg.edu/education/edc210/johari.html

Sowmya said...

Hey Aparna, Thanks for the info. I didn't know about the Johari window. Checked out the link. Very interesting

Venkat said...

Hi Sowmya
Nice one there.
Who is a fan of Rumsfeld?!!