Earl has some interesting reflections on a post by Jon Husband about the kind of changes we may be going through.
Lots to think about. I'm enthusiastic about the notion that we're in the midst of revolutionary change and the imminent collapse of the old order. Of course, my conception of the old order may be different from yours and I'm always wary of two-dimensional diagrams to represent how we may be experience complex change. Of course they offer insights but they also tempt us back to the idea that change is sort of linear, really. I like the way Earl points out there's other ways we can draw all these curves.
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Comments (3)
Smashing brainfood Johnnie.
Especially liked how the 'StoryGarden' application captures anecdotal stories that can be transformed into 'quantatitive proof' which feeds more positive change.
Thanks.
October 19, 2009 14:26 Permalink for comment
Thanks, Paul. Although the notion of "quantitative proof" makes me feel a bit edgy; somehow it feels like a surrender of fuzziness on the altar of certainty :)
October 19, 2009 15:00 Permalink for comment
"Quantitative proof" is somewhat spurious, as Johnnie points out. Lets say that by asking respondents questions the answers to which are positioned on a scale (1-100, or some other scale) that turns those answers into data.
The data generated by the responses feed into Dave Snowden's Sensemaker application, which transforms the data into indicators, presented in a range of visual analytic formats.
So far, seems pretty good for issue identification (from emergent patterns) and action planning based on the meaning in the stories that people signify by answering the questions.
November 3, 2009 19:24 Permalink for comment