Some quick notes about narrative approaches and complexity. This is a topic that I have studied over the years, and am revisiting now – looking for ideas. I have read fascinating material or attended workshops by the following: Dave Snowden – his work on narratives and narrative capture, plus his theories of complexity. Eve Mitleton-Kelly … Read more
In much of what we read there is one dominant narrative, whether it is the writer, the film director, the song writer or the journalist. Even the researcher will often create one dominant voice without realising that they are doing it. When I was studying for my PhD thesis back in the late 1990s, I … Read more
A few years ago I read an inspirational book by Michael Gelb called “How to think like Leonardo da Vinci“. It’s an amazing book to prompt different thinking and increase your powers of creativity. The book came to mind last week as I was thinking through some ideas in the day job. I want to … Read more
This is just a really quick comment on the idea of team working and encouraging discussions in a way that resembles flash mobbing. What do I mean by that? Well, in the last few years I have become increasingly impressed with techniques for facilitation that rely on the wisdom within the room and push the … Read more
OK, the question is motivated by asking myself whether it is helpful to have a website that covers absolutely everything that I am interested in. When I browse the internet I am often interested in websites that are really focused on a particular issue. However, I do also like to see the variety of issues … Read more