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 …
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 …
SenseMaker® in Health - recognition of the power of 10,000 Voices
by Tony Quinlan on Jul 3, 2015 3:46:28 PM
The National Health Service in Northern Ireland are among the earliest users of SenseMaker®, working with network member Anne McMurray to explore multiple health-focussed issues. Early examples included work around bereavement in families, allowing local teams to improve and adapt the …
Fragments of Impact - Launching a six-month UNDP/Cognitive Edge initiative into working with complex problems
by Tony Quinlan on May 14, 2015 2:48:14 PM
Cognitive Edge and UNDP are together launching a unique initiative to engage with new ways of working on difficult problems in complex and fast-changing situations. The programme will last six months and a limited number of participants are being invited from across a variety of NGO a …
Getting familiar with SenseMaker®
by Tony Quinlan on Feb 25, 2015 12:38:57 PM
If you're thinking about running a project exploring complex issues like culture, there's another chance to kick start a project with the SenseMaker® trainings in Seattle from 11-13th March 2015. As many people know, I've been using SenseMaker® software to understand populations and d …
Catching up - Learning From Incidents slides
by Tony Quinlan on Nov 5, 2014 10:52:18 AM
It's been an "interesting" few weeks at breakneck pace, so I'm a bit behind in putting things up. So, catching up bit by bit - here are the slides from the ESRC Learning From Incidents seminar at Southampton University on 15th October, along with some reflections from the morning.
IQPC slides June 2014
by Tony Quinlan on Jun 20, 2014 1:31:21 PM
Closing on a great week - four day-long courses with Dave Snowden and a stimulating bunch of people in Paddington, some fascinating side meetings, while projects went to field in the background. And yesterday afternoon back for the third year to speak to the IQPC conference. I promise …