Dear readers of the TNL blog You will notice shortly that we have a new blogger on our site. He is none other than David Sebe, our newest recruit. As part of David's induction and development plan we invited him to chronicle his experiences in joining TNL (not to flatter us, although that may be nice) and to share with our readers his thoughts and reflections on the ideas, processes, products and clients that he encounters. We are his first [...]
There is a growing awareness of how important conversations are within our organisations. Dialogue has always been key, but the new economy requires a new way of facilitating business conversations. When it comes to facing the adaptive challenges in our organisation, conversation is a very useful tool for leadership to engage with staff on addressing problems. A Conversation Journey is an intentional, facilitated approach that helps an organisation understand their existing conversation culture and assists in creating a culture that [...]
This morning I picked up on a tweet by Zahmoo (Anecdote's new story bank software) that pointed towards a post about the Periodic Table of Storytelling. I've spent a few mintues wading through it and I'm pretty impressed. TVtropes.org have done an exquisite job of plotting out the basic elements of stories, in both literary and film form. Besides the natural link to the work we do, I'm interested in this table because we have developed a workshop process based on Christopher Booker's [...]
We received an introduction email about two months ago from a graduate who had come across the work we do in his course on Knowledge Management. We were quite chuffed to hear that The Narrative Lab is getting some airplay in the lecture halls of some of South Africa's leading universities. We were however not in a position to hire at the time, but the tide has turned, and we have just welcomed David Sebe to the team. David is [...]
We're pretty interested in all things systems and change related. And so, when we came across the Nexus for Africa movement, we were introduced to the idea of "whole system change". Nexus for Africa is a two conference (12th to 14th September) will be a unique experience where powerful approaches to collaborative change, selected from a repertoire of more than 60 methodologies broadly referred to as large-group methods/ interventions, whole-system change, or large-scale change, will be used to illustrate how organisations and [...]
Over the last couple of weeks, we've been facilitating a series of workshops around the country for the National Research Foundation (NRF). The main purpose of these workshops is to introduce Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises who operate in industries that could benefit from Science, Engineering and Technology research to the THRIP programme (an initiative sponsored by the DTI). We'd like to invite you to attend the final workshop this week, if your business could benefit from such research. In essence the NRF act [...]
We love working with cartoonists and doing things differently. We also believe that conversation is of much greater value than simply sitting passively listening to the guru's speak (as is the case in most conferences). I found this approach to conferencing, and also conference reporting really refreshing. Let's hope that more and more conferences will be run this way!
The Narrative Lab and Cogntive Edge are pleased to announce their partnership with the University of Stellenbosch Business School to pursue joint research programmes and delivery of courses in South Africa. Recently Cognitive Edge (CE), The Narrative Lab (TNL) and the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) established a partnership with two purposes: * Provision of SenseMaker® and support services for research purposes on selected programmes at USB * Joint conduct of a Cognitive Edge accreditation workshop at the University [...]
The Narrative Lab and Cogntive Edge are pleased to announce their partnership with the University of Stellenbosch Business School to pursue joint research programmes and delivery of courses in South Africa. Recently Cognitive Edge (CE), The Narrative Lab (TNL) and the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) established a partnership with two purposes: * Provision of SenseMaker® and support services for research purposes on selected programmes at USB * Joint conduct of a Cognitive Edge accreditation workshop at the University [...]
As I've been going through my preparations for presenting the narrative component of the Cognitive Edge accreditation course with the Singapore Civil Service Agency, the difference between developing and developed nation governments has me wondering about who has the luxury to effectively address complex problems? Typically a developing nation has to deal with all the issues associated with development i.e. service delivery, effeciency and governance AS WELL AS the unpredictable complex challenges that surface, such as the global economic meltdown [...]
