S'poze links the creative process inherent in Scan Focus Act with the knowledge management process of the Ten Step Knowledge Management model.

S'poze deals directly with the management of information as a whole in the total messaging event. [A messaging event refers to the encoding, transduction, transmission, reception, transduction, decoding, association, memory and deciding connected with a message or series of messages and their effect upon some living system.]

Encounter. At this stage, the system's current Paradigm meets up with a high information messaging event. This means, simply, that the system is experiencing the effect of New Information that does not fit into its current model of how things work, its Paradigm. And it means that the potential effect of this information is of such a magnitude as to compel a conscious decision for handling it. Either it represents a threat and the system must learn new strategies for thwarting it, or it contains a potential benefit and the system must learn how to take advantage of it.

New Information. Systems are receiving all kinds of messages from other systems and the environment in general. Messages are neutral. They do not contain information. Rather, information is the result of a systems interpretation of a message, including whatever meaning it assigns to the message based on past experience. This meaning, or message in context of associated experience, is what we call information. The measure of information is proportional to its uncertainty, or surprise. The more surprising the message, the more information it contains. Most messaging events are devoid of information, either because they are filtered out, or because they bear messages whose content is expected by the receiving system.

Paradigm. For a living system to make decisions, it must be able to compare the nature of sensory input that it receives to some model that predicts probable future outcomes based on stored previous experiences involving that input. This memory may be inherited genetic storage, or learned mental storage. In either case, it represents a guide to success given a variety of situations. The sum total of these situations and the guidelines stored in the system comprise its paradigm.

S'poze It is not advisable for a system to accept any and all New Information to add to its Paradigm. The process of modeling enables the system to play 'what if' without actually engaging in a potentially threatening experience. Incorporation. If the results of the simulation seem favorable, the system may incorporate the New Information into its Paradigm and begin making decisions based upon this new mixture.

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