Doing more with less: detecting shifts, spotting weak signals - SenseMaker I
by Tony Quinlan on Oct 19, 2010 10:14:00 AM
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...
Organisational amnesia - is it safe to let go yet?
by Tony Quinlan on Oct 14, 2010 11:59:35 AM
The UK is having a bonfire today, well ahead of the usual Guy Fawkes Night celebrations. The Bonfire of the Quangos will be abolishing somewhere in the region of 180 QUasi-Autonomous Non-Governmental Organisations today in a bid to cut costs and reduce the confusion around these organ …
No sweat - the myth that getting hold of stories is difficult
by Tony Quinlan on Oct 13, 2010 6:02:26 PM
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!
Where's the pilot?
by Tony Quinlan on Oct 12, 2010 2:53:49 PM
When did you last try something new? Or test a brilliant new insight? What have you done differently in your job recently?
Attribution is complicated, targets are unable to see contribution
by Tony Quinlan on Oct 11, 2010 10:34:46 PM
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 conversatio …
The Merger - Baby steps
by Tony Quinlan on Oct 6, 2010 2:22:10 PM
Part of my time this year is being spent as an adviser to two organisations that are merging. It makes an interesting example of a merger process. All relevant posts on the process are collected under the Merger tag.
The missing Leadership link
by Tony Quinlan on Sep 14, 2010 7:04:41 PM
Sometimes it feels like an article pursues you around until you pay attention. (The truth, of course, is far more mundane - just that it is a piece that resonates among the various media sources I go to.) The latest examples is an article in The American Scholar, originally from an ad …
300 stories about leadership, and still collecting
by Tony Quinlan on Sep 9, 2010 5:02:57 PM
One of the main planks to our client approach is that, as part of each project, we work with willing people in the client organisation to give them the skills to continue the work long after we've left. There are two reasons for doing this that matter - an attitude of not creating a d …
Who do you believe - the people or the experts?
by Tony Quinlan on Sep 8, 2010 6:05:30 PM
One of the areas where narrative research can make a real difference is the development world. Recent conversations with colleagues at the World Health Organisation and UNICEF have revolved around how to address complex environments and issues - and the central role that narrative mus …
Reflections on The Future, Backwards
by Tony Quinlan on Sep 3, 2010 7:13:01 PM
Wednesday's session of The Future, Backwards was great. I played uber-facilitator, racing between the 8 separate groups, while Anne, Dick, Sally and Meg worked with two groups each more closely. That seemed to work pretty well - I walked miles, helped steer and got to see 4 distinctly …