Why Embracing Culture Change Can Help To Build Healthier Organisations
by Tony Quinlan on Sep 9, 2024 10:00:00 AM
Let’s talk about company culture.
Argh. When a helpful example is kept confidential
by Tony Quinlan on Nov 4, 2019 12:46:00 PM
No great thoughts today – the upcoming post on how not to restrict necessary feedback is drawing those for the moment.
Digital Leadership, Agile Transformation – an introduction to narrative research and SenseMaker
by Tony Quinlan on Apr 12, 2019 10:23:00 AM
Thanks to the Digital Leadership Meetup team for the recent opportunity to join them. We talked about the need for good feedback, sense-making in working with people – and the vital role of employee narrative research in providing that (in this case, using SenseMaker® software).
Reflections on developing a SenseMaker framework to understand company culture
by Tony Quinlan on Nov 5, 2018 10:32:06 AM
Two examples of SenseMaker triads for exploring company culture
Complexity in development - a new kind of course, booking open now
by Tony Quinlan on May 29, 2018 4:41:57 PM
For decision-makers and policy experts in aid and development, complexity in development has become a critical factor. It is both an opportunity for new approaches to old problems and a threat as standard approaches reach the limits of their effectiveness and efficacy. With that in mi …
Social cohesion or social coherence? Thoughts on identities in a fractured society
by Tony Quinlan on May 22, 2018 11:58:37 AM
I woke to the radio at 7am. My first thought as they read the news headlines was “I must have misheard that,” then as the slightly-longer version kicked in I realised that I hadn’t. It was 24th June 2016. The day after the UK referendum on staying in Europe. The close vote was “51.89% …
The Merger - Some positive feedback, some course adjustments and some signposts on the road ahead
by Tony Quinlan on Jan 26, 2011 7:26:27 PM
Part of my time this year is being spent as an adviser to two organisations that are merging. It makes an interesting example of a merger process. All relevant posts on the process are collected under the Merger tag.
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 …
Get the story straight - Storytelling in Communications 1
by Tony Quinlan on Oct 26, 2010 5:00:58 PM
The opening gambit of more than one past client project has been "help us get our story straight". Sometimes it's just that - the general story - sometimes it's something specific: "help us get our customer story straight", "our story on leadership". It's an interesting starting point …
Attribution is complicated, targets are unable to see contribution
by Tony Quinlan on Oct 11, 2010 10:34:46 PM
I'm spending time this afternoon at the launch of the UK office of the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie). While it's a subject I'm keenly interested in, it's not one in which I've got depth of understanding. I struggle sometimes to understand some of the conversatio …