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Transforming organisations – slides from the Agile2019 workshop in DC

A big thank you to everyone who came along to our workshop last week in Washington, DC. A whistle-stop hour-long session saw us sense-making – gathering about 80 experiences from people and signifying them on the walls (see the photos below), then visiting the Cynefin framework and talking about the Read more…

By Tony Quinlan, 5 years20 August 2019 ago

Complexity Conference references SenseMaker

Using SenseMaker to evaluate Sustainable Livelihoods programmes in Jordan

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 point) I Read more…

By Tony Quinlan, 5 years7 May 2019 ago

Tony facilitating the Digital Leadership meetup on Sensemaking

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Digital Leadership, Agile Transformation – an introduction to narrative research and SenseMaker

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). The slides from the SenseMaking Read more…

By Tony Quinlan, 5 years12 April 2019 ago

Complexity Conference references Cynefin Narrative Narrative research SenseMaker

Narrate at the UN Data Literacy workshop, November 2018

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.

By Tony Quinlan, 5 years16 November 2018 ago

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Complexity, micro-narratives and SenseMaker®. Tony Quinlan’s talk from the UN Data Innovation Lab , Nairobi: March 2017

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“. The video of the talk Read more…

By Tony Quinlan, 7 years13 July 2017 ago

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What lies ahead? Building CrowdSensed pictures

This week I’m in Singapore at the International Risk and Horizon Scanning Symposium – working with governments to connect Foresight, Policy and Practice. Sometimes that’s about increasing scanning capacity to help with strategic shock, sometimes it’s about looking at underlying trends. We’re running some live experiments – if you’re reading Read more…

By Tony Quinlan, 9 years7 July 2015 ago

Communications Conference references Narrative SenseMaker

StratCom presentation slides – Partnership for Peace, 26th March 2015

As promised, here are the slides from last week’s presentation at the Partnership for Peace base in Ankara. The usual caveats apply – I’m not sure how much sense these make without my discussion over the top… Download 001 StratCom narrative presentation – March 2015

By Tony Quinlan, 9 years30 March 2015 ago

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Get your QCon slides here!

A great morning at QCon in London today – speaking on using SenseMaker® to understand user requirements better. I had to rush out the door, so didn’t get to hear Chris Matts and Shane Hastie in the afternoon. As promised, the slides are here: Download 001 SenseMaker® frameworks For those Read more…

By Tony Quinlan, 9 years7 March 2015 ago

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Following up on the Cynefin and Sense-Making course…

Last week saw the last Cynefin and Sense-Making (CSM) courses of the year, Dave and I sharing the presenting/facilitating duties. A full room of different backgrounds and nationalities, which kept everything interesting – lessons and applications getting swapped across sectors and countries. Following up is always a challenge – so Read more…

By Tony Quinlan, 9 years9 December 2014 ago

Cognitive science Complexity Conference references Narrative Narrative research Organisational culture SenseMaker

Catching up – Learning From Incidents slides

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. Download Read more…

By Tony Quinlan, 9 years5 November 2014 ago