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.
JUNE 2009
Willem Brethouwer 28 Jun 2009 to 11 Jul 2009 Experience in almost all aspects of industrial and consumer marketing research, i.e. qualitative and quantitative research. Specialization in image research, positioning studies, and tracking studies, especially in the field of face-to-face and telephone (Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing) research.
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AUGUST 2009
Sonja Blignaut 09 Aug 2009 to 22 Aug 2009 Sonja is an experienced consultant who spent several years consulting for PWC Consulting and IBM BCS in South Africa. She was one of the first South Africans to be accredited and specializes in the use of Complexity and Narrative based techniques to assist organisations to gain insight into intractable problems. She holds a BSc Meteorology degree and her project experience spans Government and large corporates in the financial, mining and telecoms sectors working on issues such as cultural transformation, complex strategy formulation, and knowledge continuity. Sonja is a director of The Narrative Lab, the South African Cognitive Edge accreditation training partners.
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Patti Anklam 23 Aug 2009 to 05 Sep 2009 Patti Anklam is an independent consultant who helps clients make sense of social networks and technologies for collaboration, learning, and innovation. After over 20 years with large, high-tech corporations, she became a consultant in 2001. Her practice is rooted in knowledge management, and she is a both a Cognitive Edge Practitioner and a member of CPsquare. Her book, Net Work: Creating and Sustaining Networks at Work and in the World includes theory with practical advice for working in networks. |
SEPTEMBER 2009
John Bordeaux 20 Sep 2009 to 03 Oct 2009 John Bordeaux is formerly a: hospital security guard, professional folksinger, short order cook, uniformed military intelligence analyst,Southern Baptist preacher, programmer analyst, and chief knowledge officer. To do all this, he secured degrees in governmental administration, information systems, and public policy. The only logical next step: He is now a consultant. |
OCTOBER 2009
Shawn Callahan 18 Oct 2009 to 31 Oct 2009 Shawn Callahan is the Founding Director of Anecdote Pty Ltd, a firm that helps leaders make better decisions in uncertainty and then helps them make these decisions stick using the power of business narrative and storytelling. Shawn has provided business narrative and storytelling services to a wide variety of corporate and government organisation in Australia and globally including AXA, BHP Billiton, Department of Defence, Shell Oil, AstraZeneca, The Treasury, and IBM Australia.
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NOVEMBER 2009
Chris Fletcher 15 Nov 2009 to 28 Nov 2009 Chris Fletcher is a Principal of Emerging Options and has been accredited by Cognitive Edge since 2006. He has been using SenseMaker™ and Cognitive Edge tools and processes in a range of projects including the Future of Volunteering Project (funded by the NSW Government). Chris has a background in Knowledge Management, most recently overseeing knowledge management in the Asia Pacific region for a Big Four Accounting firm.
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