Nice article today on the WorldBank and its behavioural change aims – my favourite piece was this: Toilets, for example. Nowhere is open defecation more prominent than in India, where more than 600 million people have no access to a Read more…
There’s more to come on the results of the recent Fragments of Impact event in Istanbul – the current plan is to write the projects up properly as soon as we can a) find people who can write effectively on Read more…
Back in June 2015, we began the Fragments of Impact programme, partnering with UNDP, to explore how to use SenseMaker® in monitoring and evaluation. This week we’re back in Istanbul, with all the various participants to teach and explore the Read more…
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 Read more…
Just a brief one ahead of upcoming travels for anyone who wants to meet up. I’m teaching courses and working on projects in July in Singapore and Melbourne: Introduction to SenseMaker®, Singapore – 13-14th July Complex facilitation techniques, Singapore – Read more…
The National Health Service in Northern Ireland are among the earliest users of SenseMaker®, working with network member Anne McMurray to explore multiple health-focussed issues. Early examples included work around bereavement in families, allowing local teams to improve and adapt the support they Read more…
Cognitive Edge and UNDP are together launching a unique initiative to engage with new ways of working on difficult problems in complex and fast-changing situations. The programme will last six months and a limited number of participants are being invited Read more…
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 Read more…
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, Read more…
If you’re thinking about running a project exploring complex issues like culture, there’s another chance to kick start a project with the SenseMaker® trainings in Seattle from 11–13th March 2015. As many people know, I’ve been using SenseMaker® software to Read more…