Sense-making - Ft. Dr. Elif Kuş Saillard w/Anita Nowak

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Watch this episode featuring Dr. Elif Kuş Saillard, a sociologist, methodologist and Founder of AN.LA (a research services firm that helps leaders make sense of complexity), to learn why the IDG skill “Sense-making” is key to helping us create meaning from our experiences and navigate complex systems.In this thought-provoking conversation, Elif explains how the integration of mental and somatic awareness deepens our understanding of the world. She also explores how we can develop our sense-making capacity and offers her thoughts about how AI will free us from the labour of cognitive tasks, such that humanity can begin “Sense-making” from a higher level of consciousness.00:00 Preview00:47 Introduction 01:24 About Dr. Elif Kuş Saillard03:05 How the IDG definition of “Sense-making” resonates with Elif08:15 Exploring the neuroscience of “Sense-making”11:36 What impact does psychedelics have on “Sense-making”?13:32 How time and culture shapes our capacity for “Sense-making”18:02 Elif’s backstory23:45 The role of empathy in analyzing research data26:36 What is grounded theory?33:21 How to develop your “Sense-making” skills?36:14 The fascinating role role of microbiomes in “Sense-making”40:25 How AI will change our capacity for “Sense-making”44:08 Elif discusses Antonio Damasio's work about the interconnectedness of emotions, reason, and the body50:41 Practices for embodied “Sense-making”55:47 Dr. Elif Kuş Saillard’s Purposeful Empathy storyCONNECT WITH ANITA✩ Email [email protected] ✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com✩ Buy a copy of Purposeful Empathy http://tiny.cc/PurposefulEmpathyCA✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak/✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast✩ Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/anitanowak.bsky.socialCONNECT WITH ELIF✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/elifkus/✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/an-la/✩ Website https://drelifkus.comSHOW NOTES✩ Inner Development Goals✩ Antonio Damasio’s Theory of Consciousness (as discussed at 44:08)Video edited by Green Horizon Studio

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