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Viv McWaters has just posted an example of a story spine which reminded me of how we are using story spines in our sensemaking workshops. …

Who said we were rational beings? Here is a multitude of cognitive biases we are all subject to such as the information bias (the tendency …

I just returned from a week’s holiday at Mossy Point in NSW and as usual I had a pile of books I was going to …

The relationship among data, information and knowledge is often depicted as a pyramid. With data at the base, it’s converted to information and information converted …

I read this lovely quote in the following paper, Petranker, J. (2005) ‘The When of Knowing’, The Journal of Applied Behavioural Science, vol. 41, no. …

The ‘up or out’ policy is well known in consulting firms like McKinsey & Company. If you are not promoted in 5 years to partner …

Nancy White and I have been working on a project to help our client enhance their collaboration practices. In the process we’ve identified three types …

I wont say much at all here except go read this post by Les Posen (and definitely watch the YouTube video). It features a Welshman …

Scientific American.com has an amusing piece by Steve Mirsky that highlights one of the reasons why experts shouldn’t attempt to interpret stories—there are many truths …

Lynda Gratton at MITSloan has written a short article of some factors that might affect the performance of a distributed team. I’m a little sceptical …