IQPC slides June 2014
by Tony Quinlan on Jun 20, 2014 1:31:21 PM
Closing on a great week - four day-long courses with Dave Snowden and a stimulating bunch of people in Paddington, some fascinating side meetings, while projects went to field in the background. And yesterday afternoon back for the third year to speak to the IQPC conference. I promise …
Down Your Way - Dhaka, Istanbul, Singapore, Addis Ababa
by Tony Quinlan on Jun 17, 2014 2:40:40 PM
More trips coming up in the diary. While there're specific activities at each stop to be done, I'm open to any conversations/quick meetings.
Consulting on The Emperor's new clothes
by Tony Quinlan on Jun 16, 2014 12:24:48 PM
I've noticed I have a tendency to dismiss certain approaches, particularly newer ones that may not have a decent body of theory based on good science behind them, as "the Emperor's new clothes."
Using SenseMaker® - engaging stakeholders in the results
by Tony Quinlan on Jun 13, 2014 2:20:35 PM
After a good six years of SenseMaker® projects, one of the consistent things has been the difficulty in feeding back results to stakeholders in ways that help them make better decisions. (I'm not a fan of big reports - partly because I think they tend to make great doorstops and bin-f …
Using SenseMaker® - emotional intensity
by Tony Quinlan on Jun 4, 2014 11:30:01 AM
A short one, and one aimed specifically at SenseMaker® users. If that isn’t you, skip this one - nothing to see here…
Looking past what survived to what fell
by Tony Quinlan on May 28, 2014 3:55:43 PM
In among the various podcasts I listen to is You Are Not So Smart - an educating and entertaining podcast much of the time. I caught the latest episode when I was travelling and it's highly pertinent to a couple of projects I'm working on at the moment - it was titled Survivorship Bia …
Toronto KM meeting - slides
by Tony Quinlan on May 15, 2014 4:18:25 PM
Thanks to everyone who came out last night despite the hockey game in Toronto to sit in a warm room for the Toronto KM group session.
The evolution of practice - SenseMaker® in Development
by Tony Quinlan on May 13, 2014 11:24:00 AM
I’ve been working with SenseMaker® now in development projects for a few years and I was recently reflecting on how far we’ve come in what we do. Lots of lessons - often learned the hard way in the early stages, but never disastrously. It’s time to share some of those lessons, for any …
Getting more good results - while avoiding the "Best Practice" trap
by Tony Quinlan on Apr 17, 2014 6:54:14 PM
The greatest obstacle to better practice, to better results and to better impacts is the temptation to replicated what has worked elsewhere. It's a huge temptation - reinforced by academic programmes, self-help books and conference presentations that focus on "Here's what worked somew …