Thinking differently with RJ Cordes

The Evolving Leader

This week on the Evolving Leader, co-hosts Scott Allender and Jean Gomes talk to RJ Cordes. RJ is a research fellow at (American think tank) the Atlantic Council, and his research includes work around the fields of sensemaking and knowledge management. However, it feels like we may have just scratched the surface during our hour with polymath RJ Cordes - if you’d like a broader picture of RJ’s extensive research interests, you’ll find that on his personal website.

'Making sense of sensemaking' (Atlantic Council, 2020)
0’00 Introduction

2.36 Could you start by giving us some insight into your background, and also how you define sense making.

10.15 Your recently published paper ‘Making sense of sense making’ is full of useful insights that extend beyond Covid. What compelled you to write that paper, and could you talk us through some of the central take-aways.

20’04 Could you expand on what happens cognitively in your observation when people are no longer able to make sense of something.

28’03 What advice would you give someone trying to navigate division and uncertainty?

34’31 In a world where so many of us get information from highly curated feeds, what are the implications for leaders (thinking specifically about the future of work and knowledge transfer between teams)?

40’50 Could you share some of your findings from your research into the relationship between government funding and innovation.

42’42 In your opinion, what does the next decade hold in terms of the socio economic outlook?

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