Cognitive Edge is focused on rejuvenating management practices to better equip organisations when addressing intractable problems or seizing new opportunities in uncertain and complex situations. Where traditional approaches have failed to deliver success, Cognitive Edge techniques enable the emergence of fresh and insightful solutions seen from multiple perspectives.

Cognitive Edge solutions, comprised of open source methods, original research and the Cognitive Edge SenseMaker® Software Suite, are delivered through the Cognitive Edge Network. The Cognitive Edge Network is a widely dispersed, cohesive Network of experienced professionals in private and public sector organisations from diverse disciplines with deep-rooted experience in both business and science. It includes academics and practitioners, in house and commercial consultants. Membership of the Network is attained through participation in an Accreditation programme.

The Cognitive Edge SenseMaker® Software Suite provides a set of tools designed to enable informed decision making in organisations using both structured and unstructured data in a common environment. The Suite is fully integrated with a coherent body of formal methods is the outcome of several years of research into human based organizational complexity, sensemaking, decision making, knowledge sharing and narrative.

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Mark Schenk - Anecdote Pty Ltd

Mark is based in ACT, Australia. Contact details are:
 
Email:  mark@anecdote.com.au Telephone:  +61 412429852
   
Website:  www.anecdote.com.au Skype ID: mschenkau
   


   

Mark completed the Cognitive Edge training in Australia - Brisbane June 2006. Mark has experience in ...And the Butterfly Stamped; Model Creation by Social Construction; The future backwards; ABIDE; Archetype Creation; Story Construction; Ritual Dissent; Three Facilitator rule; Challenge task allocation; Anecdote Circles; Population sampling; Naive interviews; Participative observation; Story virus; Getting ready for SMI database; and Information / DP mapping.

Industry Specialisation
Defence; Finance; Natural Resources Management; Pharmaceuticals; Primary Industries; Community Services; Public sector organisations; Indigenous research;

Professional Background

Recent projects have been in the application of narrative techniques in leadership development, development of knowledge strategies, program evaluation, enhancing collaboration and getting knowledge flowing across organisational boundaries and knowledge retention.

Mark has been leading the implementation of SenseMaker for a major Australian government research project. This Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children, called Footprints in Time, aims to collect narrative information from 2,200 study participants over a four year period.

The majority of Anecdote's projects involved capability transfer to the client: ensuring they have the ability to apply narrative techniques using their internal capabilities for future projects.