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.

Guest Bloggers

We are looking forward to hosting the following practitioners and academics as Guest Bloggers on www.cognitive-edge.com in the coming months.

JANUARY 2010

Tony Quinlan

31 Jan 2010 to 13 Feb 2010

Tony is Chief Storyteller with Narrate, which he started in 2000 to explore and experiment with narrative, something that had been prompted while running IBM's external communications in Scotland in the 1990s.  Since then he's worked with UN agencies, government departments and commercial organisations on communications, branding and culture. Today, he is a writer, keynote speaker, conference chair, masterclass presenter and international consultant. But he has also been a radio presenter, radar designer, TV tuner, dishwasher, lift attendant, software programmer and presented live public roadshows to 8,000 people at a time. Needless to say, he has stories about all of them.

 


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FEBRUARY 2010

Steve Barth

14 Feb 2010 to 27 Feb 2010

Marietjie Vosloo

28 Feb 2010 to 13 Mar 2010

Marietjie Vosloo has grappled with how people can make good decisions her entire life, immersing herself in all manner of decision approaches, supporting from research to strategy. Today she is the programme director of the Sasol Inzalo Foundation, working in the field of education reform in South Africa.

 

 


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MARCH 2010

Vivienne Read

14 Mar 2010 to 27 Mar 2010

Viv Read is the Director of Emerging Options Pty Ltd.  She has extensive experience in workplace reform, organisational transformation, positioning and strategy development, as a consultant and manager for over 30 years in Australia and South East Asia.  In the past seven years she has applied Cognitive Edge tools and processes in projects including climate surveys, stakeholder consultation, strategy development, impact evaluation and innovation.  Viv has co-facilitated Cognitive Edge accreditation courses in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Hong Kong.

 


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APRIL 2010

Bill Proudfit

11 Apr 2010 to 24 Apr 2010

Either eclectic or random, an education in anthropology, classical French cuisine, public administration and knowledge management has been useful for a work career in libraries, big tobacco and one of the world’s largest construction projects.  I know the value it simply getting it done.  Hong Kong based since 1989.  I’ve spent some time out of Hong Kong working and studying in Japan and Switzerland but always come home.

 


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MAY 2010

Kim Moller-Elshoj

09 May 2010 to 22 May 2010

Kim Møller-Elshøj is a futurist consumed by a desire to push marketing to "the bleeding edge". He is founder and director of the research and strategy consultancy Scuttlebutt, and also collaborates with The Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies. Previously he headed BANG & OLUFSEN's Global Brand Communications. Kim has an MSc in International Marketing and another in Market Economics.

 


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