Cognitive Edge was founded in 2005 to build methods, tools and capabilities to utilise insights from Complex Adaptive Systems theory and other scientific disciplines in social systems using an approach, known variously as Naturalising Sensemaking and Cognitive Complexity.
How alternative storytelling can help impact evaluation It’s a great, plain English description of the method (something I rarely manage to produce, slipping into jargon too often). … Instead of looking for ways to “prove” x or y has happened, it offers a means to create a continual feedback loop where information is flowing in to help adjust delivery of programmes as time goes on.
Firstly – thank you to Harold and apologies to others: the link to the slides that I posted on Friday didn’t work. It’s fixed now, so they’re accessible from Capturing an organisation’s narrative.pdf (3573.9K). There’s an excellent new video up at Cognitive Edge’s website and on their YouTube channel: Today Read more…
We’re building European capacity for our clients and our projects! I’m delighted to make the official announcement that UK-based Narrate and Netherlands-based Top Innosense are partnering to create the sense-making capability that can support the projects that we’re seeing across Europe. With experts like Harold, Ton, Erwin and Aart-Jan, we’re Read more…
I’m head-deep in my dataset of micro-narratives from Egypt today stalking results – I hope to put something up later in the week to show what emerges from all this fabulous data. (For a taster, here are a couple of quick triads from the project: In the meantime, however, I Read more…
Last Friday saw what was by all accounts a great Cognitive Edge European network day in London. And there was general agreement on the next one – Christoph has volunteered to investigate venues and host the next one: Date: Monday 16th May 2011 City: Hamburg As always, more details will Read more…
The secret’s finally out – this project last year was with Pfizer. This month’s Strategic Communications Management magazine features Pfizer Communications Director Nigel Edwards’ case study on the overall project. If I’m honest, we were very proud of this one. Fast response, fast gathering and fast analysis – and using Read more…
As promised, here are more details of next week’s European Cognitive Edge network meeting, kindly hosted by Mark Woodman. Date: Friday 18th February 2011 Venue: Middlesex University, The Burroughs, Hendon, London Time: 10.30 to 16.00 GMT If you’re coming, can you please register at EventBrite here as we want to Read more…
For the rest of this week and next, I’m going to be guest-blogging over at Cognitive Edge’s guest blog, as well as here. I’m going to try to keep the blogs different, but I’m sure you’ll understand if I just say – “I stand by what I said over there…” Read more…
Some of the excellent events coming up include: Cognitive Edge accreditation course – 2nd-3rd February 2011 Details of what you get on the course are here , but it’s a course that we highly recommend for communicators, organisational development specialists and km people – everyone in Narrate has been on it as a matter of [sic] course. … Anecdote storytelling workshop A fortnight later, Shawn Callahan of Anecdote is in town with his one-day storytelling workshop on 16th February 2011.