Katona's work in the 1970s on 'sentiment' was pivotal in understanding consumer behaviour. For example the US Federal Reserve was hugely resistant to the idea that feelings had a part to play in economic forecasting. Katona proved that answers to questions such as 'do you believe you will be better off next year than this?' were actually better forecasters of economic performance than traditional models. Many behavioural economists now use Katona's theories.
You've probably encountered the usual issues of group decision making… People who dominate the conversation, quiet people whose ideas never get heard and all those post-it notes you have to write up.
GroupMap solves this by capturing individual thinking first, then reveal the group perspective, all in real-time. Now that's true collaborative decision making.
An interesting article related to the KIN Webinar on 2nd July on 'The tension between Knowledge Sharing and Protecting IP'. The response from Mike Harvey in the comments is particularly useful and pragmatic.
Article on senior managers' 'Personal Knowledge Infrastructure'.
Davide Nicolini, Prof of Organizational Studies at Warwick Business School and Director of KIN