IN THE LAB
Current Projects
Our main activity is developing original ideas and frameworks that will lead to publishing, products and services.
Zoomed-Out Thinking
Omniscience
The Omniscience framework is a challenge to think about more of what matters and what we can know about it, from the biggest picture down to the individual transaction. The vision is to use our intelligence systems to connect existing information and analysis currently isolated by scope and time horizons. This is a long-term project; early drafts are available to potential collaborators and supporters.
THE ARCHIVE
Older Projects
Social Media Analysis
Tracking the evolution of an emerging market. 2006–2022
The Analyst’s Canvas
The Analyst’s Canvas is a tool for specifying requirements and communicating capabilities across specialist silos. It offers a framework for evaluating dissimilar capabilities and exploring new opportunities for existing sources and methods, framing them in the context of the work they support, the client’s ultimate mission, expected outcomes, and available alternatives. First announced in 2017, the canvas is free to use under a Creative Commons license. More >>
Watchfusion
Adapting to a multi-source, multi-lens world for real-time awareness applications. 2011
Attention
A conceptual framework for a system that monitors multiple data sources to detect and react to events of interest. An early application of framing tools in terms of the next step in the user’s workflow. 2012