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Surprise in Social Settings
Two powerful ways of making sense (in a weickien way) are: Using frameworks to ‘frame’ data Getting people to explain and explore surprises The first technique of …
Read MoreSeth’s sensemaking on the web
You can think of the act of sensemaking as discovering the new terrain as you are inventing it. A man who is certainly mapping and creating …
Read MoreSensemaking: mapping the terrain with one twist
Brian Arthur’s quote is a classic and I like the metaphor of sensemaking as mapping the terrain. I would add one twist which was introduced …
Read MoreWant to get more things done? Communicate!
It’s interesting (maybe even common-sensical) that a recent poll on http://www.ceoforum.com.au has found that lack of communication is considered a key obstacle to getting things …
Read MoreA powerful intervention: Silence
When I first saw Brian Bainbridge run an Open Space Technology workshop I was impressed most by his use of silence. I know that in …
Read MoreSick of boring conferences? Maybe creating new stories can help
Earlier this year Johnnie Moore put together an interesting podcast on Unconferencing, asking the question of how can we get away from unsatisfying and boring conferences? I just heard a …
Read MoreUsing photos to jog memories
It seems everyone has a mobile phone with a camera in it these days. And digital cameras are as common as blades of grass on …
Read MoreThe problems with a dotmocracy
Have you ever used the technique we call a ‘dotmocracy’ to get a group to prioritise a set of ideas/initiatives/actions? Each person is given five …
Read MoreThe smackdown model for learning makes sense
Kathy Sierra’s smackdown model for learning made me smile AND nod—what a great idea. I agree, we should be presenting multiple views rather than insisting there is …
Read MoreBarriers and attractors – the practicalities of words
I’ve had the good fortune to work with Dave Snowden and Cynthia Kurtz at IBM while we were developing approaches to designing interventions using barriers and …
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