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.
Join Tony and Ken Power to hear about how to transform your organisation
by Tony Quinlan on May 9, 2019 10:56:00 AM
For three years, Narrate worked closely on a large-scale global organisation transformation programme with an in-house team led by Ken Power. As part of that programme, Tony ran in-house training courses on Cynefin and Complex Facilitation Techniques for dozens of in-house teams; desi …
Using SenseMaker to evaluate Sustainable Livelihoods programmes in Jordan
by Tony Quinlan on May 7, 2019 10:45:00 AM
It’s been long overdue, but I was reminded the other day that in November 2017, I presented at the annual conference for the American Evaluation Association in Washington DC on our use of SenseMaker for UNDP Jordan. [For sensitivity reasons (the project was not yet complete at that po …
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).
Narrate at the UN Data Literacy workshop, November 2018
by Tony Quinlan on Nov 16, 2018 5:07:18 PM
Our CEO and Chief Storyteller, Tony Quinlan, spoke on Thursday 15th November 2018 at the Bangkok workshop on UN Data Literacy. Talking about using ethnography in-field, he discussed projects we’ve undertaken with Cognitive Edge’s SenseMaker tools. His slides from the conference are do …
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
Using SenseMaker to understand girls' lives
by Tony Quinlan on Mar 19, 2018 6:02:08 PM
The Girl Hub SenseMaker® case study explores the use of SenseMaker®, an innovative, narrative-based research methodology, to gather girl-centered evidence in Rwanda and Ethiopia. This approach enables large-scale story collection and analysis to identify social patterns, behaviors, an …
Working with SenseMaker - experiences from the field with UNDP
by Tony Quinlan on Feb 20, 2018 2:29:44 PM
If you’re thinking of running a SenseMaker project – I’d strongly recommend reading these first.
SenseMaker and social change dynamics - slides and video
by Tony Quinlan on Dec 27, 2017 11:38:15 AM
This week, Tony joined fellow complexity explorer Marcus Jenal for a webinar hosted by Laurie Webster for Cognitive Edge. Looking at social change, both presenters talked about recent experiences of using SenseMaker to explore social and attitudinal change. The webinar was recorded an …
Mrs Trellis, red-shirts and savings - the limits of text analysis
by Tony Quinlan on Oct 29, 2017 12:21:56 PM
I've just finished Tim Harford's excellent Messy (paperback just out) alongside Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's The Leopard and both have thrown up examples of phrases that brought a smile to my face and, along with an example from a conference earlier this year, highlight one of my co …