COGNIFY is a useful tool for almost anyone. Individuals of all ages, teams and groups, organisation small and large, all benefit from using a visual thinking medium. The methodologies that COGNIFY is designed to support have been used by pioneers in the worlds of education, healthcare, government and industry for many years now. Applications are constantly being developed and, particularly as we enter the Knowledge Era, the ways of thinking these methods encourage are becoming vital to success in the face of ever increasing complexity and uncertainty.

In education

For students as a study tool to reveal the structure of various topics and the nature of systems.
Also as a means of learning to think better.
For educators as a tool to enhance students’ thinking,
As a research tool and for structuring study programmes, lectures and timetables.

In healthcare

For modelling complex systems,
For managing, for scheduling,
For understanding how systems inter-relate,
For prioritising, for bringing people together around complex issues.

For involving people in making relationships explicit,
For determining the way various systems inter-relate,
For modelling socio-economic systems,
For understanding the effects of interventions.

In business

For modelling processes
For developing managers’ understanding and thinking skills,
For improving decision making,
As a leadership tool for involving people in planning