I find cognitive maps a bad way to judge dialogue - they are a consenus
building tool, which is the opposite of what Schien, Isaacs, Senge are
promoting. What are you measuring - how do you distinguish between
conscious and subconscious - What don't people tell you?
Ian Yeoman
>In particular, I am interested in the changes in individuals' cognitive
>maps, before and after a series of scenario planning workshops; whether
>maps can be 'improved' - more appropriate to what is needed etc.
>
>Currently, I am reading up on ways of capturing cognitive maps and how
>these can be compared; to measure commonality between individuals' maps
>and changes over time as a result of these interventions.
--"Ian Yeoman" <i.yeoman@napier.ac.uk>
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