SenseMaker is a software tool developed by Cognitive Edge which integrates decision support, research, monitoring and knowledge management.
I’m looking forward to the sessions on Thursday on Practical Solutions to Intractable Problems with Dave Snowden. A handful of places left for the morning session of the seminar, with a couple more available in the afternoon. Details here.
The opening gambit of more than one past client project has been “help us get our story straight”. Sometimes it’s just that – the general story – sometimes it’s something specific: “help us get our customer story straight”, “our story on leadership”. It’s an interesting starting point, but demands a Read more…
I mentioned this on Wednesday. Details are finalised: Practical approaches to intractable problems Prof Dave Snowden, Chief Scientific Officer, Cognitive Edge Thursday 4th November, 9.30-12.30; 1.30-4.30, QEII Conference Centre In recent years, techniques and tools are making it possible to exploit complexity and anthropological approaches to solving intractable problems – Read more…
I promised a series of posts talking about using SenseMaker. They’ll be interspersed over the coming weeks with others – I don’t particularly want to be singing a one-note song and sending you all away in search of diversity… I railed against targets last week, thinking specifically about the aid Read more…
Friday saw the second informal meeting of European Cognitive Edge practitioners. And great conversations were had as it feels like there’s momentum building for the network in Europe – with a core group of people looking to get things going in Europe. But first things first. We’d managed to get Read more…
There is a moment of great relief that comes in every client’s experience – the moment when the stories start to come in. And then the delight that not only are they coming in, but they’re coming in volume! There is a belief in the communications world that getting hold Read more…
I’m spending time this afternoon at the launch of the UK office of the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie). While it’s a subject I’m keenly interested in, it’s not one in which I’ve got depth of understanding. I struggle sometimes to understand some of the conversations, but many of Read more…
We’ve finalised the venue for next week’s Cognitive Edge European Network meeting. It’s on Friday 15th October at A La Becasse, Rue de Tabora, 11, 1000 Brussels. Map is here. We’ve got the upstairs room. The times are approximately from 10.00am to 4.00 – 4.30pm. However, we understand that it Read more…
Still busy writing. But in the meantime, Cognitive Edge has published a paper on More Than Numbers – Revitalising Employee Engagement. Very good reading. You can download it here – an easy and important read!
Thanks to all at last night’s Medical Suppliers forum – despite the late hour and the dreary weather, they offered bright and challenging questions and sparkling conversation after I’d presented. I promised the slides: Babies, bathwater and targets – Presentation to Henley Medical Suppliers Forum, September 2010