Better knowledge, better decisions
We help organisations improve their thinking by bringing to bear our unique range of methods, tools and experience.
"Epistemology" is the study of knowledge. As applied epistemologists, we apply insights from disciplines such as cognitive science, philosophy and statistics to practical challenges within knowledge-based organisations. We work with many different organisations, including security agencies, large corporations, universities, medical teams, associations, and elite sports teams. The diversity of our experience helps us develop creative and robust solutions in collaboration with our clients. |
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Refining Collective Knowledge |
Enhancing Cognitive Processes |
Improving Decision Making |
Often an organisation's knowledge is distributed, tacit, inconsistent, and contentious. We can assist with powerful methods for eliciting, clarifying and synthesizing complex bodies of knowledge.
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Every organisation has processes for making judgements of various kinds, but often these processes are sub-optimal. We can review your processes, from cognitive and epistemological perspectives, and recommend improvements.
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Are key decisions in your organisation made as well as they can be? We can help improve decision making in a number of different ways, including training, facilitating, and decision analysis. We specialize in the use of decision mapping methods for deliberative decisions, but have expertise in a range of other methods.
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We provide high-level training in a range of critical thinking skills, using argument mapping methods; and provide consulting services regarding the nature of critical thinking, how to cultivate it, and how to assess it.
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We work one-on-one with high-level thinkers - professionals, executives, consultants - to help them refine their thinking performance. Coaching is customized to each person's specific ambitions and interests and arranged on a flexible schedule.
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Principals Paul Monk and Tim van Gelder are available for sessions of various kinds, from keynote addresses to small masterclasses, on various topics such as critical thinking, intelligence & security, geopolitics, and democracy.
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