Self-paced Narrative BaseCamp
Narrative BaseCamp offers an entry point into the Cynefin Co’s narrative methods, practices, research and tools, including our SenseMaker® software and the possibilities of adopting more narrative approaches to change.
Welcome and Introduction to Narrative BaseCamp
Week 1 Introduction and resources
Lecture 1 - Narrative, Memory & Cognition
“Speak, Memory”, Oliver Sacks
Lecture 2 - Homo Narrans, the Narrative Triangle
Lecture 3 - An introduction to narrative (Dave Snowden)
Lecture 4 - The uses of Narrative, Boisot i-Space
Narrative Research (article)
Lecture 5 - Inattentional Blindness
Boisot i-Space Book - OPTIONAL
The Doctor’s Oldest Tool
Narrative BaseCamp SenseMaker Journal
SenseMaker App User Guide
Twelvetide 20:04 The variety of narrative experience
Anecdote Circles Method (wiki page)
Complex Facilitation
Week 2 Resources
Big, thick and rich (the data) Dave Snowden April 12, 2020
Measuring the Mountain (a SenseMaker case)
More than Numbers: Revitalising Employee Engagement
Why Big Data Needs Thick Data - Tricia Wang
What is SenseMaker? Explaining the big ideas to new users
SenseMaker Signifier Design Principles - Triads
Leyden Academy for Aging and Vitality - Case Study (optional)
Week 3 Resources - Scaling, Intervention and Change
Article: Fractal approaches to scaling transformations to sustainability (optional)
Vector Theory of Change Explained... (Blog + PDF)
Lecture 1: Vector Theory of Change - Dave & Ellie Snowden
Lecture 2: Scaling and SenseMaker (Dave Snowden)
Lecture 3: Futures and Sidecasting (Beth Smith)
Lecture 4: Vector Theory of Change
Use Case: Welsh Valleys Project
Week 3 Tutorial Recording & Chat
Future, Backwards
Workshop Methods Handbook
Citizen Engagement - Case Studies of narrative projects
Blog: Control in the Shadow
Week 4 Resources
Lecture 1: Deduction, Induction and Abduction
Spotting Anomalies (blog)
Lecture 2: On Narrative as discovery and SenseMaker®
Copy of Narrative Research (article)
Twelvetide 20:05 - Narrative the early years (Dave Snowden blog)
Lecture 3: Archetypes
Lecture 4: Knowledge Mapping and Decision Mapping methods