SenseMaker and social change dynamics - slides and video
by Tony Quinlan on Dec 27, 2017 11:38:15 AM
This week, Tony joined fellow complexity explorer Marcus Jenal for a webinar hosted by Laurie Webster for Cognitive Edge. Looking at social change, both presenters talked about recent experiences of using SenseMaker to explore social and attitudinal change. The webinar was recorded an …
Mrs Trellis, red-shirts and savings - the limits of text analysis
by Tony Quinlan on Oct 29, 2017 12:21:56 PM
I've just finished Tim Harford's excellent Messy (paperback just out) alongside Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's The Leopard and both have thrown up examples of phrases that brought a smile to my face and, along with an example from a conference earlier this year, highlight one of my co …
SenseMaker contours of narrative - how a culture might evolve, where a culture won't shift
by Tony Quinlan on Oct 12, 2017 9:20:03 AM
Moving cultural beliefs and patterns is tough - the way that people behave generates micro-narratives and stories that then inform (constrain) how other people behave. Feedback loops and patterns that can strengthen over time, making change seem impossible*. In our work with SenseMake …
UNDP Innovation Conversation on Complexity 27 September, 2017 - video available
by Tony Quinlan on Oct 4, 2017 9:51:52 AM
Last week, Tony gave a talk at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Navigating Complex Adaptive Systems. Brilliantly hosted by the UNDP Innovation team, particularly Malika, the video from the hour-long presentation is here
Resilience from weak links and acquaintances, not strong links and friends
by Tony Quinlan on Sep 5, 2017 3:23:29 PM
A recent conversation with client-turned-friend Kecia Bertermann*, Monitoring and Learning Director at GirlEffect, prompted some thoughts around global social networks - something Kecia's been working on generating for young girls in varying countries.
Complexity, micro-narratives and SenseMaker®. Tony Quinlan's talk from the UN Data Innovation Lab , Nairobi: March 2017
by Tony Quinlan on Jul 13, 2017 12:34:55 PM
It's a couple of months ago now, but Narrate's Chief Storyteller, Tony Quinlan, was invited to talk at the fourth UN Data Innovation Learning Lab event, held in Nairobi, Kenya in March 2017. The event focused on "making data meaningful and making the invisible visible".
Nudging people towards latrines
by Tony Quinlan on Mar 7, 2016 9:30:29 PM
Nice article today on the WorldBank and its behavioural change aims - my favourite piece was this:
Fragments of Impact - early feedback and thanks
by Tony Quinlan on Feb 8, 2016 7:26:53 PM
There's more to come on the results of the recent Fragments of Impact event in Istanbul - the current plan is to write the projects up properly as soon as we can a) find people who can write effectively on this topic or b) find the time ourselves to sit and write. (Volunteers welcome. …
Fragments of Impact - an update
by Tony Quinlan on Jan 28, 2016 2:12:57 PM
Back in June 2015, we began the Fragments of Impact programme, partnering with UNDP, to explore how to use SenseMaker® in monitoring and evaluation. This week we’re back in Istanbul, with all the various participants to teach and explore the data and what to do next - in terms of inte …
What lies ahead? Building CrowdSensed pictures
by Tony Quinlan on Jul 7, 2015 6:24:44 AM
This week I'm in Singapore at the International Risk and Horizon Scanning Symposium - working with governments to connect Foresight, Policy and Practice. Sometimes that's about increasing scanning capacity to help with strategic shock, sometimes it's about looking at underlying trends …