Washington DC - courses coming up in September 2014
by Tony Quinlan on Sep 12, 2014 10:38:06 AM
Early bird discount's finished, but there's still time to book on the upcoming Washington DC Cognitive Edge courses - which would be highly recommended even if I weren't teaching with Michael Cheveldave. (I won't be there for the Narrative day on 2nd October, though - I'll have gone t …
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 …
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 …
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!)
Halting narratives
by Tony Quinlan on Mar 25, 2014 7:03:29 PM
I'm off to Colombia next week for the latest element of a great project to look at entrepreneurial attitudes across the country - this trip is to present some interim findings, develop some experimental interventions that we'll monitor in the next phase of the project.
Connecting with citizens - the United Nations Development Programme and SenseMaker
by Tony Quinlan on Jan 28, 2014 4:25:46 PM
A short blog today - there's a longer one that's half-written about how we might build a framework for common central monitoring of multiple local projects, but that needs a little more teasing out and work to make it mroe practical.
Design of Understanding 2014
by Tony Quinlan on Jan 27, 2014 11:26:50 AM
Last Friday was the 2014 Design of Understanding day - a packed room at St Brides Library off Fleet Street, organised by the redoubtable Max Gadney of After the flood. He and I had come across each other in a hotel bar in Kigali, Rwanda when we were both working the GirlHub Rwanda off …
Overstating the end-state, Obscuring the objective
by Tony Quinlan on Jan 22, 2014 5:58:31 PM
I came across a glorious Churchill quote recently while reading Billy Bragg's The Progressive Patriot. It wasn't one I had heard before, but it sums up beautifully something that challenges many of the people I talk to - how to set direction and objectives for large numbers of people, …