This final post in the annual update series has a flavour of putting things together. When I started the series I listed seven frameworks. Three are stable or have only recently been updated, so other than listing them, there are no updates. Those are Cynefin, Flexeous Curves and the Uncertainty Matrix. In my […]
The summer of 2012 was crucial in my thesis – I had finished my theoretical framework and a couple of chapters. I was about to tackle the most grounded part of my research: wading through a lake of approximately 40,000 bits of broken pottery. The purpose was to make sense of that material to understand […]
When I was asked to reflect on the role of women in science, philosophy, and research for International Women’s Day, I was immediately taken back to an A-level history lesson at the age of 18. We were lucky enough to have a teacher who inspired us with tales of his previous life working in the […]
I established some principles for managing a complex system and a list of things to avoid many years ago. Those have stood the test of time but need an update, especially given new frameworks such as AIMS, which cover some of the same material. Historically, we had (i) change the granularity, (ii) distribute the condition, […]
The basic Estuarine Framework has not changed significantly since last year’s publication; the vulnerable zone has been renamed volatile, but that is it for the base framework, which is a testament to its utility. What has changed are the options to generate items for the framework, the action types have extended, and the need to […]
In this second post, I promised to describe the AIMS framework fully, and in doing that, I will also bring in ASHEN in an integrated frame with one of the critical parts of Estuarine Mapping. I first referenced this on the blog in January, but I had already started to use and develop it several […]
We are excited to launch our new line of QuickSense applications, built on SenseMaker®. A QuickSense is a pioneering way to gather qualitative data about people’s observations and experiences, turned into analysis by the respondents themselves! So, you get authentic analyses of real experiences, rather than external interpretations of them. Results are demonstrated using simple […]
So, it is time for my annual update on frameworks and methods. Last year, I switched from the Cynefin Framework to Estuarine mapping. In part because most of the tensions in the Cynefin Framework had been resolved, and it was time to move on. Cynefin is a decision support framework that recognises complexity theory, while […]
There will be a few context-setting memories before I get to the point in today’s post, so feel free to go straight to the sub-heading if you want to avoid them. I spent a fair amount of time in Philadelphia during my IBM days for several reasons. I worked as a minor advisor to Jan […]
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