Using SenseMaker® - engaging stakeholders in the results
by Tony Quinlan on Jun 13, 2014 2:20:35 PM
After a good six years of SenseMaker® projects, one of the consistent things has been the difficulty in feeding back results to stakeholders in ways that help them make better decisions. (I'm not a fan of big reports - partly because I think they tend to make great doorstops and bin-f …
Using SenseMaker® - emotional intensity
by Tony Quinlan on Jun 4, 2014 11:30:01 AM
A short one, and one aimed specifically at SenseMaker® users. If that isn’t you, skip this one - nothing to see here…
Looking past what survived to what fell
by Tony Quinlan on May 28, 2014 3:55:43 PM
In among the various podcasts I listen to is You Are Not So Smart - an educating and entertaining podcast much of the time. I caught the latest episode when I was travelling and it's highly pertinent to a couple of projects I'm working on at the moment - it was titled Survivorship Bia …
Toronto KM meeting - slides
by Tony Quinlan on May 15, 2014 4:18:25 PM
Thanks to everyone who came out last night despite the hockey game in Toronto to sit in a warm room for the Toronto KM group session.
The evolution of practice - SenseMaker® in Development
by Tony Quinlan on May 13, 2014 11:24:00 AM
I’ve been working with SenseMaker® now in development projects for a few years and I was recently reflecting on how far we’ve come in what we do. Lots of lessons - often learned the hard way in the early stages, but never disastrously. It’s time to share some of those lessons, for any …
Getting more good results - while avoiding the "Best Practice" trap
by Tony Quinlan on Apr 17, 2014 6:54:14 PM
The greatest obstacle to better practice, to better results and to better impacts is the temptation to replicated what has worked elsewhere. It's a huge temptation - reinforced by academic programmes, self-help books and conference presentations that focus on "Here's what worked somew …
Toronto - 4 courses in May 2014
by Tony Quinlan on Apr 9, 2014 1:56:26 PM
The excellent Cognitive Edge courses are running again soon - I'm due to be teaching with Michael in Toronto in May - details are here. (The venue isn't confirmed yet, but that's a decision depending on how many people we get turning, so go ahead and book quickly!)
Your answer or your action?
by Tony Quinlan on Mar 21, 2014 6:36:17 PM
A quick one this - I've just spotted Seth Godin's two-line blogpost today:
Learning SenseMaker
by Tony Quinlan on Dec 16, 2013 5:02:34 PM
I’m in Antrim, Northern Ireland tomorrow, working with a bunch of smart people who are using SenseMaker to understand patients’ experience of healthcare across the region - it’s called the 10,000 Voices project.
Here, There and Everywhere - SenseMaker in Eurasia
by Tony Quinlan on Oct 31, 2013 12:37:18 PM
There's a new post up today from Mihail Peleah at the UNDP's Voices in Eurasia blog: