Capturing Conversation with Mapping

In next weeks podcast, I discussed, Dialogue MappingTM with KC Burgess Yakemovic of Cognexus Group.  KC has over 25 years of experience capturing and using decision making rationale within both the corporate and small business environments. She worked with Jeff Conklin a (author of Dialogue Mapping: Building Shared Understanding of Wicked Problems) during his early Read More …

Structured Mind Mapping?

Dialogue MappingTM  is my topic this week and will lead into a podcast with KC Burgess Yakemovic of Cognexus Group. This excerpt is from next week’s Business901 podcast about applying Dialogue Mapping. Joe: It sounds like a structured mind map that I can go in and out very quickly. I can bounce between an overview Read More …

The Importance of Managing Energy.

From Michael Gelb’s new book: Creativity On Demand: How to Ignite and Sustain the Fire of Genius:  In recent years, the best thinking on leadership and organizational performance has shifted away from the idea of managing time to recognize the importance of managing energy. One of the pioneers of this shift, Professor James Clawson, of Read More …

A Philosophers Notes Take on Gelb’s Book on How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci

How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci by Michael Gelb. In this Philosophers Notes TV episode, Brian explore some Big Ideas from Michael Gelb’s great book, “How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day“–including one of the most transformative journal exercises you will ever do! Michael Gelb is my guest next Read More …

The Systems and Processes of Decision Management

Decision Management Solutions specializes in helping organizations build decision-centric, action-oriented systems and processes using an approach of decision management, business rules and advanced analytic technologies. Their collaborative decision modeling software, Decisions First Modeler, is a cornerstone for developing requirements for these next generation systems and processes. One of the principals and author of Decision Management Read More …

Drowning in Work?

Jim Benson’s new work, Why Limit WIP: We are Drowning in Work (MemeMachine Series) (Volume 2), was at the center of our conversation in this podcast. Jim’s company Modus Cooperandi combines Lean principles with Agile methodologies from software design, and the communications revolutions of social media, as a process and tool infrastructure. Jim is best Read More …