It's not the information, it's not the overload, it's not even trying to be rational
by Tony Quinlan on Jan 24, 2011 1:03:42 PM
Interesting article from the New York Times surfaced yesterday - "In New Military, Data Overload Can Be Deadly". It paints a picture of a difficult situation in Afghanistan where 23 Afghan civilians died as a result of a mistaken attack by US helicopters. In some ways, it reminds me o …
False images of the world
by Tony Quinlan on Jan 17, 2011 3:23:00 PM
Great conversations at a two-day meeting in Miami. On the flight on the way over, I finally got around to starting Joshua Cooper Ramo's The Age of the Unthinkable (subtitled "Why the New World Disorder constantly surprises us and What we can do about it"). It looks to be an interestin …
An unexpected trip to the Memory Library
by Tony Quinlan on Jan 13, 2011 9:29:00 AM
A slightly frustrating day yesterday turned out to have its upside.
Rules should define the space, not fill it
by Tony Quinlan on Jan 12, 2011 5:17:00 PM
John Kay's column in the Financial Times today chimes with a quote that struck me recently:
Punishment, deterrence, what about reconciliation?
by Tony Quinlan on Jan 5, 2011 10:49:45 AM
Catching up and closing down some of the tabs I opened a while ago, I came across this piece from the FT. The interesting bit is the first few paragraphs:
Drawing lines - where's yours? Where's your organisation's?
by Tony Quinlan on Dec 3, 2010 4:50:25 PM
One of the listservs I tune into had a fascinating conversation recently. Someone was asking advice about how to get in touch with staff who don't seem to read all-staff emails. It's not an uncommon problem and one of the assumptions is that they should read all their emails. Or at le …
Story branding - Storytelling in Communications 2
by Tony Quinlan on Dec 1, 2010 6:49:32 PM
The second part of the series I promised on using narrative and storytelling from the slide I showed the LGComms conference earlier this year. (Part 1 was Get the Story Straight).
In-depth looks at Complexity, Narrative and Children of the World
by Tony Quinlan on Nov 30, 2010 3:24:24 PM
The pilots for Children of the World have been fantastic - collecting over 7,000 stories around the world. Working on them with Cognitive Edge was fascinating, challenging and fun - the ideal project!
SenseMaker™ nominated for award
by Tony Quinlan on Nov 29, 2010 9:28:32 AM
Congratulations to Jochum and Masja for the success of their big Philips project. Gathering material around gardens - all to inform lighting decisions. A great example of the need to research around an issue, not directly at the question!
It's not the Bad Apple, it's the Rotten Barrel
by Tony Quinlan on Nov 23, 2010 4:52:00 PM
The University of Prius offered up another gem as I was driving to work this week - this time from ABC's great All in the Mind podcast. For copyright reasons, the 3rd July 2010 episode was a re-run of a 2007 piece with Philip Zimbardo, titled When Good People Turn Bad. Zimbardo was th …