Practicalities and applications - SenseMaker in application
by Tony Quinlan on Nov 12, 2010 2:06:13 PM
Two great sessions last week at the QEII Conference Centre with Dave Snowden of Cognitive Edge. The shift from theory to practical application of new management techniques based on principles of complexity, cognitive neuroscience, anthropology and others has been remarkably swift in r …
Seminar workshop: Practical approaches to intractable problems
by Tony Quinlan on Oct 21, 2010 4:36:00 PM
I mentioned this on Wednesday. Details are finalised:
The Merger - Introduction
by Tony Quinlan on Sep 2, 2010 6:07:56 PM
Part of my time this year is being spent as an adviser to two organisations that are merging. I realised that it will make an interesting example to blog about it as I'm going along with the process - and material to reflect on later in the year.
Making sense of thousands of stories, suggestions or complaints
by Tony Quinlan on Aug 27, 2010 12:00:56 PM
Stories are fabulous things, but there's one thing about them that makes them a real bugger to work with. They're big, wordy and take time to read. And if you've got loads of them (or indeed anything over a couple of dozen) it's well-nigh impossible to see patterns in them or analyse …
Coffee and conversation in Washington DC
by Tony Quinlan on Apr 29, 2010 5:06:45 PM
I'm in Washington DC next week, arriving Sunday 2nd, leaving Sunday 9th seeing various people about mapping narratives. There are some breathing spaces to catch up with people, if anyone's up for a coffee.
The Mathom of Destiny
by Tony Quinlan on Dec 25, 2009 11:13:40 AM
Merry Christmas to everyone celebrating and here's to a fabulous 2010. 2009 has been an exciting ride - made so much better by the people I've worked with this year.
Leeds Castle Leadership - the communications piece
by Tony Quinlan on Nov 12, 2009 6:30:28 PM
Thanks to everyone at the Leeds Castle leadership event today - a whistle-stop challenge on communications, with an abbreviated Anecdote Circle thrown in. At the break a few of us were talking about The Future, Backwards and, naturally, I recommended Gary Klein's Sources of Power.
Upcoming conference
by Tony Quinlan on Jan 12, 2009 4:48:35 PM
I've agreed a couple of further public engagements in the first quarter of 2009, and won't be taking any more conferences/internal events now until after April/May, although I'm happy to talk now about later events.
KCUK - Building a change management strategy
by Tony Quinlan on Jul 10, 2008 11:21:00 AM
Thanks to everyone who participated in last week's workshop at the KCUK conference. Various odds and sods off the back of the session: