Christian Madsbjerg discusses the ideas behind his book, “Sensemaking: The Power of Humanities in the Age of the Algorithm”.
Read MoreSometimes growth can't come from doing more of the same. You need a creative leap. And that creative leap is also destructive — destructive of assumptions and principles that have served you well in the past but now hold you back. How do you break the impasse and find the new assumptions that will take you forward? Alastair Dryburgh talks to Christian Madsbjerg of ReD Associates.
Read MoreThe more we rely on AI and machine learning, the more work we need social scientists and humanities experts to do.
Read MoreBanks frequently lament their inability to deepen connections with their consumer, but in order to do that they will have to transform their relationship with the world as a whole.
Read MoreChristian Madsbjerg gives examples of data's use and abuse in a recent conversation with Alastair Dryburgh.
Read MoreChristian Madsbjerg talks about the impact it has, when CEOs observe and listen to their customers as fellow human beings, and provides advice for how entrepreneurs can utilize the thinking behind Sensemaking to improve their own business.
Read MoreChristian Madsbjerg talks about the role of design, the dangers of relying on focus groups and how anthropology is the most brutal cost reduction tool in the world.
Read MorePlatforms for personalization and self-expression are eclipsing ready-made lifestyle brands, write Christian Madsbjerg and Sandra Cariglio.
Read MoreWould you use a driverless car if your chauffeur was your status symbol? Tech’s unspoken hurdles
Read MoreMadsbjerg argues that unless companies take pains to understand the human beings represented in their data sets, they risk losing touch with the markets they’re serving.
Read MoreChristian Madsbjerg speaks to Manuela Saragos about why human intelligence is still a vital component in analysing all our data.
Read MoreDemetri Kofinas speaks with Christian Madsbjerg about the history of western philosophy, artificial intelligence, and how the humanities can help businesses solve their hardest problems.
Read More"We need people who can develop medicine, and we need the people who can figure out how to get people to take their medicine. We need both” - Madsbjerg on NPR's The Takeaway.
Read MoreData is important, but with Madsbjerg’s approach to sensemaking, we have a better chance of putting it in the proper context and using it to enrich our lives and our understanding.
Read MoreWhen you rely on algorithms for everything from your commute to work to your lunch order, Sensemaking suggests, you aren’t just altering the way you do things. You are changing the very filter through which you view reality.
Read MoreIn his article "The Right Bedside Novel Could Do Wonders For Your Career," George Anders discusses Christian Madsbjerg's new book "Sensemaking."
Read MoreChristian Madsbjerg discusses Sensemaking and Big Data in this segment of The Economist Radio.
Read MoreThere's a cultural bias in business, tech and otherwise, against any information that can't be quantified—that is "soft," subjective, fuzzy. [...] But it is where good ideas come from—and while the data it relies on may not be reducible to numbers, there is actually nothing "fuzzy" about it.
Read MoreThe best CEOs can read a novel and a spreadsheet, Madsbjerg writes, while his overarching message is that we should not forget that companies are made up of people and their customers are people, too.
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