sense-making

Aragon National Inc. is a consulting business founded in 2011 specializing in a systems approach, insight generation, sense making, decision making, and related research. Its president, Dr. John R. Black, is a doctoral researcher and expert witness for police practices, excessive force, and self-defense, and assists with humanitarian assistance/disaster relief (HA/DR) and stabilization operations.

administrative reviewscrisis negotiationsdecision makingexpert witness testimonyintelligence analysisPolice trainingsystems thinkinguse of force policy and accountabilityvideo analysis

The Cynefin Company (formerly known as Cognitive Edge) is a research and strategy business founded in 2005 by Dave Snowden. It helps leaders in industry, government, and society make sense of a complex world through applied complexity science, offering the Cynefin Framework, SenseMaker, training, and memberships.

action researchapplied complexity sciencenarrative-based researchstrategy consultingTraining and facilitation

Intuidex, Inc. is a software, services, and data model solution provider that helps clients solve information overload with technology for information extraction, classification, and analysis powered by Higher-Order Low-Resource Learning (HO-LRL™). It serves defense, homeland security, intelligence, law enforcement, civilian agencies, and commercial clients through its Watchman Analytics™ Solution Suite.

data fusiondata modeling & analyticsentity resolutioninformation classificationknowledge discoverylink analysisnatural language question answeringpattern of life and anomaly detectionrelational learningsoftware development