Welcome to the Participatory Narrative Inquiry Institute
Advancing the state of the art in PNI
We founded the Participatory Narrative Inquiry Institute so you — and we — can link to other practitioners in the field of participatory narrative and in connected fields. Our ultimate aim is to advance the state of the art in PNI.
This site offers a calendar of our monthly PNI Institute Calls, a blog with short summaries of our calls, some information about the Institute, and a members page.
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PNI2 Call Recording July 11, 2018 – PNI to make decisions (decision support)
On our PNI Institute call on July 11, 2018, we talked about the use of PNI for decision support. Before the call, I had been poking around on the internet and found four frameworks or sets of criteria for talking about decision support, so we used them as a sort of...
PNI2 Call Recording June 13, 2018 – PNI to catch emerging trends (weak signal detection)
Our PNI Institute call on June 13, 2018 was the second in our "uses of PNI" series. We talked about the use of PNI to catch emerging trends, or for weak signal detection. We started by talking about how the term "weak signal detection" is not one we'd rather use,...
A signal is a choice
On our next PNI call we are going to talk about the use of PNI for weak signal detection. I was thinking about this, and I realized that every time I hear those three words, a movie scene plays out in my mind. It goes like this. The astute detective and the...
PNI2 Call Recording May 9, 2018 – PNI to find things out (research)
Our PNI Institute call on May 9, 2018 was the first in our "uses of PNI" series. We talked about the use of PNI to "find things out" -- essentially, to answer specific research questions. We talked about projects in which inquiry into particular questions was...
Bursting the services innovation bubble
photo credentials: Chris Ratzlaff Last month we announced the PNI Institute calls in 2018 will revolve around "why work with stories". The calls are great opportunities to swap stories of experience and sharpen your PNI skills through discussing and...
PNI2 Call Recording April 11, 2018 – Project stories
Our PNI Institute call for April 11, 2018 was for trading stories about PNI projects. We talked about projects that surprised us, projects we were proud of, and projects we thought people needed to hear about. And of course we talked about what makes a good project...
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