Resilience from weak links and acquaintances, not strong links and friends
by Tony Quinlan on Sep 5, 2017 3:23:29 PM
A recent conversation with client-turned-friend Kecia Bertermann*, Monitoring and Learning Director at GirlEffect, prompted some thoughts around global social networks - something Kecia's been working on generating for young girls in varying countries.
Complexity, micro-narratives and SenseMaker®. Tony Quinlan's talk from the UN Data Innovation Lab , Nairobi: March 2017
by Tony Quinlan on Jul 13, 2017 12:34:55 PM
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".
Nudging people towards latrines
by Tony Quinlan on Mar 7, 2016 9:30:29 PM
Nice article today on the WorldBank and its behavioural change aims - my favourite piece was this:
Fragments of Impact - early feedback and thanks
by Tony Quinlan on Feb 8, 2016 7:26:53 PM
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 this topic or b) find the time ourselves to sit and write. (Volunteers welcome. …
Fragments of Impact - an update
by Tony Quinlan on Jan 28, 2016 2:12:57 PM
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 data and what to do next - in terms of inte …
What lies ahead? Building CrowdSensed pictures
by Tony Quinlan on Jul 7, 2015 6:24:44 AM
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 …
Down your way - Singapore, Melbourne, Kuala Lumpur
by Tony Quinlan on Jul 6, 2015 10:56:00 AM
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:
SenseMaker® in Health - recognition of the power of 10,000 Voices
by Tony Quinlan on Jul 3, 2015 3:46:28 PM
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 …
Fragments of Impact - Launching a six-month UNDP/Cognitive Edge initiative into working with complex problems
by Tony Quinlan on May 14, 2015 2:48:14 PM
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 from across a variety of NGO a …
StratCom presentation slides - Partnership for Peace, 26th March 2015
by Tony Quinlan on Mar 30, 2015 7:22:18 PM
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...