Tag Archives: sense-making

A Century Apart in NY Times

Posted on May 4, 2010 by admin

The just published report A Century Apart was referenced by David Brooks in the New York Times today. The article entitled The Limits of Policy makes use of the social sensemaking contained in the A Century Apart report.

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Making Sense of Complexity

Posted on May 3, 2010 by admin

Appearing today in the New York Times: Making Sense of Complexity “Look at the military’s PowerPoint slide of the Afghanistan war, a labyrinth of cross-thatching lines and arrows swirling around words like INSURGENTS and COALITION CAPACITY & PRIORITIES. “When we … Continue reading →

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SenseMaker Dialogs Registration Opens

Posted on January 13, 2010 by admin

SenseMaker Dialogs 2 Rethinking the Boundaries of SenseMaking Registration is now open! Speakers: Richard Saul Wurman Garry K. VanPatter Date: February 16th (Evening) Location: Parsons The New School for Design, NYC SPACE IS LIMITED! Go here to register: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/407433645 SenseMaker … Continue reading →

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Wurman Speaks at SenseMaker Dialogs

Posted on January 7, 2010 by admin

Pioneering SenseMaker, Richard Saul Wurman will speak at SenseMaker Dialogs in New York on February 16, 2010! Official online registration will open soon. Sponsors: Humantific & Parsons, School of Design Strategies. Moderator: Elizabeth Pastor. Location: Parsons, The New School for … Continue reading →

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The Future of Innovation Published

Posted on December 18, 2009 by admin

Just published and now available: The Future of Innovation. Humantific, Strategos, IDEO, Mckinsey, IBM, Nokia, Philips, Siemens, and London Business School are among the contributors to the book. “[Editors] Bettina von Stamm and Anna Trifilova have gathered together the thoughts … Continue reading →

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Humantific at Malmö University

Posted on October 26, 2009 by admin

Humantific Co-Founder, GK VanPatter will give a free open to the public talk on SenseMaking for ChangeMaking in Malmö, Sweden on November 12, as part of a new speaker series being organized by the MEDEA Societal Entrepreneurship Program at Malmö … Continue reading →

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SenseMaker Dialogs

Posted on October 2, 2009 by admin

SenseMaker Dialogs is a new speaker series focused on the rapidly changing hybrid activity of SenseMaking in the 21st century. The series was launched August 13th in New York, sponsored by Humantific and Parsons School of Design Strategies in New York. SenseMaker Dialogs … Continue reading →

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Humantific at VizThink in San Jose

Posted on January 16, 2009 by admin

Humantific CoFounder Elizabeth Pastor will be facilitating a session at the upcoming VizThink 09 Conference in San Jose, California on February 22-25. At Humantific, Visual SenseMaking is a hybrid activity integral to ChangeMaking that combines visual design thinking, challenge framing and … Continue reading →

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Humantific at Design Next in India

Posted on November 18, 2008 by admin

Humantific CoFounder, Elizabeth Pastor will be giving a talk on SenseMaking for ChangeMaking at the Design Next / Inspiring Transformation Conference in Pune, India December 1-3 2008. From the conference program: “The Value of Design: There is more … Continue reading →

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Early Ballot Poorly Designed

Posted on October 28, 2008 by admin

Today we saw the US election ballot being sent out to early voters here in New York state and what a SenseMaking nightmare it is folks. It looks like the Board of Elections in New York did not learn anything … Continue reading →

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Humantific Book

Posted on October 5, 2008 by admin

Humantific CoFounders, Elizabeth Pastor and GK VanPatter are at work writing SenseMaking for ChangeMaking, Making Innovation and Change Happen, a new book focused on the SenseMaking revolution underway in the innovation enabling arena. Pioneers of the modern, Visual SenseMaking movement VanPatter and … Continue reading →

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WorkshopONE Summer Session Wraps

Posted on August 1, 2008 by admin

[qt:/wp-content/uploads/NextdWONEjuly2008_web.mov /wp-content/uploads/NextONEjuly2008_POSTER.jpg 525 394] Making cross-disciplinary innovation understandable, the OPEN summer session of NextD WorkshopONE wrapped up on Saturday July 26. A diverse, energetic group of participants from Australia, Canada, Denmark, Spain, and the US attended a full day of … Continue reading →

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