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Argument mapping in strategic planning

Posted in Argument, Argument Mapping, Austhink, bCisive, Mapping, Planning, Strategy on July 11, 2011 | 4 Comments »

Q: Can argument mapping be used in strategic planning? A: Of course! – because strategic planning involves complex arguments, and argument mapping can help whenever you have to deal with complex arguments. However to move beyond that sort of trite proclamation, it is useful to have concrete examples of how argument mapping can enhance a [...]

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Figuring out what We believe

Posted in Argument Mapping, Austhink, Belief, Deliberation, Rationale Consensus, Wisdom of Crowds on March 17, 2009 | 5 Comments »

Think of a collection of people as having a kind of collective mind.  How can you find out what that collective mind believes? That may sound like a fanciful philosophical question, but it has very real, even urgent applications.  For example the IPCC is a collection of hundreds of scientists, and they put out reports [...]

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The three kinds of deliberative judgement

Posted in Argument, Argument Mapping, Austhink, Decision Making, Rationale on November 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »

[originally posted to BlogCisive] To a first approximation, all deliberative judgements (i.e., those that turn on to-some-degree careful consideration of the relevant arguments) can be usefully sorted into three kinds. These are the three Ds of judgement. 1. Decision Decision is a matter of choosing from among options, particularly where those options are possible actions.  [...]

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Rationale documentary on YouTube

Posted in Austhink, Rationale on November 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

 Check it out…

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Got Code got prize

Posted in Argument Mapping, Austhink, Rationale, Software Startup on October 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Tonight Andy Bulka (our software architect) and I went to the “ICT Panorama” event at the University of Melbourne Computer Science and Software Engineering Department. Each year, 4th year students in the department are divided into teams who work on innovative projects for “real world” clients.  Austhink Software was assigned a team, code-named “Got Code.”  [...]

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Age & SMH appearance

Posted in Austhink, Rationale, Software Startup on July 31, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Brief mention of Austhink Software in The States or Bust in The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald today.  (Don’t be scared off by the ugly visages.)

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How long does it take to map an argument?

Posted in Argument Mapping, Austhink, Reasoning, Research on May 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

At a number of universities around the world, people are now setting up studies to help determine the extent to which argument maps, or Rationale use, can help build skills or improve performance on difficult tasks. One such person asked in an email:  “What is the average time for an adult learner to complete the [...]

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"One especially ambitious new offering…"

Posted in Austhink, Cognition, Intelligence Augmentation, Rationale, Reasoning on May 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

The eminent journalist and author James Fallows writes an influential technology column, and in the latest one has discussed Rationale, in the context of software tools to help people “develop, refine, and express ideas”. I didn’t realise it upon first reading, but buried in the article is an account of the various kinds and levels [...]

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Rationale 1.2 now available

Posted in Austhink, Rationale on February 9, 2007 | 1 Comment »

 We’ve just released an update to Rationale.  No dramatic changes, but a bunch of enhancements aimed at improving the “user experience” and the general usefulness of the software.  Annotate maps by attaching sticky notes View maps in full-screen mode Present maps using improved layout options Enjoy animated zooming Keep workspace organised using auto-spacing of maps [...]

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Like Western Mass., only more so

Posted in Austhink, Rationale, Software Startup on February 7, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Bill Bither of Atalasoft has an interesting post on the pros and cons of “Starting a software company outside a startup hub.” “Outside,” for him, means an hour and a half drive away from the centre of gravity, which in his case is Boston. There is no software startup hub remotely comparable to Silicon Valley [...]

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