The family stories, the family myths and Faure's Requiem
by Tony Quinlan on Nov 2, 2009 4:38:51 PM
Spent last night at Merton College, Oxford, for a beautifully performed memorial service, with Faure's Requiem. The annual service for Mertonians who had died in the past year. My father and both of his brothers had gone to Merton - and two of them had died this year. The choir and mu …
Playing with SenseMakerTM
by Tony Quinlan on Oct 7, 2009 10:58:15 PM
On Monday this week, I spent the day with four smart people playing with Cognitive Edge's SenseMaker software and a collection of just over 1500 stories. What was most encouraging was that, up to that point, most of us had used it and looked at material and wondered why we didn't get …
Upcoming conference
by Tony Quinlan on Jan 12, 2009 4:48:35 PM
I've agreed a couple of further public engagements in the first quarter of 2009, and won't be taking any more conferences/internal events now until after April/May, although I'm happy to talk now about later events.
KCUK - Building a change management strategy
by Tony Quinlan on Jul 10, 2008 11:21:00 AM
Thanks to everyone who participated in last week's workshop at the KCUK conference. Various odds and sods off the back of the session:
Who used to run the Rovers Return?
by Tony Quinlan on Jul 7, 2008 10:38:52 PM
So much of what we in Narrate do is pure common sense, but comes as a revelation to lots of people. One example is the Future, Backwards technique. It's a Cognitive Edge-developed tool that's excellent for all sorts of reasons above and beyond the obvious one of using it to debate/ima …
Where do you allow dissent?
by Tony Quinlan on Jul 4, 2008 12:59:00 PM
I've recently been in a number of environments where everybody has been so keen to encourage positive discussions that I've ended up coming away with a flat, slightly unreal feeling - interesting conversations that never really reached any depth. It's reminded me of the big "hoorah" s …
Undiverse diversity
by Tony Quinlan on Jul 3, 2008 3:17:53 PM
In recent weeks I've spoken at or run workshops at conferences on knowledge management, employee engagement and change communications. Very few moments in those that excited, but one over-riding element that depresses me.
Is the Tipping Point Toast?
by Tony Quinlan on Jun 6, 2008 3:26:55 PM
In the last couple of years, there's been a lot of interest in social networks - and (somewhat belatedly) communications professionals are starting to look at greater use of informal networks and word-of-mouth. There's still, however, the temptation to look at the model Malcolm Gladwe …
Newton vs free will
by Tony Quinlan on Mar 28, 2008 10:59:00 AM
From Scarlett Thomas' The End of Mr Y: