Abhijit Bhaduri on divergence and convergence, the power of sketchnotes, multidisciplinary sensemaking, and skill portfolios (Ep20)

by Ross Dawson | May 11, 2022 | Podcast

“You could spend all your life just drinking from that firehose and not making sense of it, or you can say, Okay, enough, let me try and structure this. That’s really the magic.” – Abhijit Bhaduri About Abhijit Bhaduri Abhijit is an author, blogger,...

Gerd Leonhard on understanding between the lines, his favorite apps and tools, sharing bookmarks and tags, keynote storylines, and using visual catalogs (Ep19)

by Ross Dawson | May 4, 2022 | Podcast

“Sometimes you just have to say, I don’t know why, I have no idea what that is. I think a lot of people are under a lot of pressure to know everything, understand everything, especially in our business, and you just can’t.” – Gerd Leonhard...

Madeline Ashby on watching the fringes, finding common threads, sensing and sensemaking, and using murder walls (Ep18)

by Ross Dawson | Apr 22, 2022 | Podcast

“There will never not be a demand for people who know how to communicate. It’s about not just finding the information, but finding out how to share it effectively.” – Madeline Ashby About Madeline Ashby Madeline Ashby is a highly successful science...

Christopher Mims on seeing what’s next, filtering tools, valuable conversations, and tapping expertise (Ep17)

by Ross Dawson | Apr 14, 2022 | Podcast

“I have all of these systems for blocking social media when I’m working, so it’s not a distraction. Everything that I do is about trying to keep information at bay, and spend less time on the internet.” – Christopher Mims About Christopher Mims...

Michell Zappa on how technology evolves, scouting what’s emerging, assessing technologies, and designing useful future infographics (Ep16)

by Ross Dawson | Apr 6, 2022 | Podcast

“Technology is not just the devices we use, but it’s how we do things. It’s so much more than just what’s being built, put in boxes, and sold to us. It is all of these deeply inherent aspects of how we do things as a species.” – Michell...