Steve Bealing - B.Ec - Cognitive Edge Pte Ltd

Steve is based in Singapore, Singapore. Contact details are:
 

Steve completed the Cognitive Edge training in UK - London April 2003. Steve has experience in ...And the Butterfly Stamped; Model Creation by Social Construction; The future backwards; ABIDE; Identity modeling and monitoring; Nodal networks and new forms of organisation; Dynamics; Managing complexity by experiment; Archetype Creation; Ritual Dissent; Three Facilitator rule; Anecdote Circles; Getting ready for SMI database; and Information / DP mapping.

Industry Specialisation

Government; Automotive; Airlines

Professional Background

Steve Bealing is the Chief Executive Officer of Cognitive Edge Pte Ltd, based in Singapore.  In this role Steve is responsible for the overall success of the Cognitive Edge business, globally.  Steve has held this position since 2005.  Cognitive Edge develops tools designed to enable informed decision making in organisations using both structured and unstructured data, in order to provide new perspectives in solving complex problems.

Projects Undertaken

(Sample – full CV available on request)

Risk Assessment and Horizon Scanning (RAHS) project, Singapore

The objective of the Risk Assessment and Horizon Scanning (RAHS) system is to enhance the coordination among the various ministries and national security agencies to detect, monitor, prevent, protect, and respond effectively to strategic surprises and national security threats.  To this end, RAHS identifies early indicators of potential strategic surprise events that would have a negative effect on Singapore.  In order to fulfill this role, RAHS facilitates the coordination of relationships among the members of the national security community for horizon scanning.  RAHS coordinates analytical expertise from multiple agencies in the surveillance, research, and scenario domains into an integrated analytical cycle to conduct horizon scanning as well as conduct anticipatory analysis, augmenting the strategic and operational decision cycle of Singapore’s national security.

The Cognitive Edge methods and technologies employed in the RAHS system allow for model-building, monitoring, weak signal detection and pattern analysis.  The Cognitive Edge components form an advanced suite of decision support tools that do not rely on reductionist assumptions or assume inherent causality.  They are designed with the purpose to be integrated into other related tools and systems, and originally evolved from the consideration of asymmetric threat issues, particularly in the context of anti-terrorism.  However, they have been applied to a broad range of decision support applications relating to the management of uncertainty.

Ministry of Education, Singapore

MOE is keen to identify a means of measuring the impact of schools (beyond just the academic achievements) across a variety of holistic measures of individual student development and school contribution.  Cognitive Edge is providing MOE with an approach to holistically measure the contribution that schools are making to individuals and the community, which builds on the foundation of the current School Excellence Model.

National Security Coordination Council, Singapore

The Cognitive Edge / Alicia Juarrero Synthesis project was designed to create a pragmatic approach to managing the tractable aspects (i.e.  attractors, barriers, and identities) that exist in a complex space.  This included aspects of nodal and other networked forms of organisation (both symmetric and asymmetric), and specifically sought a meta-structure for understanding complex human systems, which Cognitive Edge / Juarrero labeled “cognomes”.  It then developed methods for extracting Attractor, Barrier and Identity conditions that do not require knowledge of the underlying theory.

Infocomm Development Authority, Singapore

IDA sought a consultation project using the Cognitive Edge methods to gather feedback on IDA’s industry development efforts.  Specifically, the project aimed to achieve the following: gather industry feedback on IDA’s industry development efforts; compare the industry’s and IDA staff’s perceptions of IDA’s industry development efforts; identify the issues influencing IDA’s effectiveness as an industry developer; and identify turning points in the development of Singapore’s info-comm industry to-date and suggest possible scenarios of how the industry could develop in future

Ministry of Education, Singapore

MOE undertook a pilot project related to innovation in schools, as a way to test the applicability of the Cognitive Edge tools and to consolidate current learning and experience in the Organisation Development staff of MOE.  Specifically, the project aimed to impart an understanding of the applicability of the Cynefin framework to increase the sense- and- respond capabilities within schools for executing initiatives as a contribution to the Teach Less, Learn More programme of change.

Infocomm Development Authority, Singapore

Created an ongoing research database to capture consumers’ truthful attitudes towards technology.  This project is part of a series of continuous research.  This research is part of IDA’s iN2015 Masterplan project, a 10-year national masterplan to grow the Info-communications sector and to build a well-connected society.

Ministry of Education, Singapore

Utilised the Cynefin framework to augment effectiveness of decision making in relation to initiatives that MOE develops for schools. Specifically, this project examined the different contexts confronted by MOE and identified methods to improve initiative implementation using a variety of complexity-based tools and techniques.

Leadership development and executive retreat, Bank, Malaysia

Employed a complexity-based approach to leadership development based on the principle that leaders are intimately involved in the complex system of their organisation. The programme used narrative-based techniques as well as incorporating existing leadership development tools and techniques (principally psychometric instruments and 360° measures). The objective was to provide leaders with new insights into the challenges faced by the organisation and the leadership approaches necessary to effectively deal with them.

South East Asian military organisation

Much of our work with this organisation is highly confidential and cannot be shared externally. It has included policy transformation; development of a decision framework for operational activities; and development of a risk assessment framework for the coordinating agency responsible for asymmetric threats against the nation.

Additional Information

Prior to this current role, Steve spent nine years with IBM where he has collaborated with a variety of clients to address and exploit complex business issues and emerging opportunities.  Steve has worked with private and public sector clients based in every ASEAN nation, India, the United States, Hong Kong, Korea and Australia.  He possesses a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney, majoring in Economics, Political Science and Accounting.