ABOUT THIS BOOK
The term ‘knowledge society’ has become common throughout the world today. It has also become a strategic pillar in the plans of governments and leaderships around the globe, including the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which began thinking critically about the concept over a decade ago. This culminated in the launch of the ‘Knowledge Strategy’ in 2013 by the late Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz. The Knowledge Transformation is a memoir by His Highness Prince Faissal bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Saud that reflects on and owes its title to this legacy. This book is not a biography in the traditional sense nor a comprehensive record of the efforts exerted to transform the Kingdom into a knowledge society. Rather, it is one man’s conte mplations about what he has accomplished and seeks to accomplish throughout the many positions he held. It is his belief that his life’s mission has been to develop human competency and enhance Saudi youth’s capabilities. This is the strategy behind which the prince was indeed one of the pioneering masterminds, and one of its chief architects. His Highness has decided that instead of deep diving into details (and without diminishing their importance and variety), he would use modern technology to condense his writing to the greatest extent possible. He has utilized the Quick Response (QR) code technology to allow the reader to complement their understanding of the book’s content through video clips, books , and various documents and references. Although a new and not commonly used technology in the publishing industry, we should not refrain from using the QR code. After all, bold openness to new technologies is one of the pillars of the knowledge transformation, is it not?
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