Defining terms by exclusion and by example
by Tony Quinlan on Sep 14, 2012 5:50:21 PM
Last week, I was an interested observer in a debate that rumbled on over three days - about the definition of a term being used by three different organisations working together. On this occasion, the term was "Strategic Communications" or "StratCom". (As an aside, it recalled the day …
Hong Kong and Sydney courses
by Tony Quinlan on Sep 13, 2012 9:49:11 PM
I'm going to be in Hong Kong on 24th-26th September, running a Cognitive Edge introductory course to using SenseMaker® - highly recommended. If you're interested (and you should be) you can get details and book on the Cognitive Edge website.
That Innovative Internal Communications workshop - the slides, the reading and the video
by Tony Quinlan on May 4, 2011 3:56:37 PM
Friday was an odd start - I'm used to catching the 0430 train to St Pancras for an early Eurostar. I'm also used to clubbers getting off the train on their wasted way home as I get on on my equally wobbly way to work. What I'm not used to was whole families getting on trains that earl …
In-depth looks at Complexity, Narrative and Children of the World
by Tony Quinlan on Nov 30, 2010 3:24:24 PM
The pilots for Children of the World have been fantastic - collecting over 7,000 stories around the world. Working on them with Cognitive Edge was fascinating, challenging and fun - the ideal project!
The corporate memory-makers
by Tony Quinlan on Jan 12, 2010 10:35:50 AM
An interesting, if slightly underdone, article in today's FT: Management - The corporate memory-makers.
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.
Newton vs free will
by Tony Quinlan on Mar 28, 2008 10:59:00 AM
From Scarlett Thomas' The End of Mr Y:
The dangers of facilitation
by Tony Quinlan on Mar 3, 2008 2:45:00 PM
An interesting experience last week in one of my other identities as a school governor. There’s a debate going on regarding whether or not a Trust is formed in Mid-Beds under Samuel Whitbread Upper School and whether we join it or not. So, mindful of wanting to understand different pe …
Internal communications conference references
by Tony Quinlan on May 11, 2007 3:30:00 PM
As promised, here are the various references from yesterday’s presentation at the internal communications conference:
Prague notes
by Tony Quinlan on Feb 15, 2007 9:30:00 PM
Speaking in Prague to UNICEF fundraisers from around the world, I referenced various things. As promised, here are the notes.