Imagine you're hosting a massive potluck dinner with all 50 states as guests. Most states are quite straightforward—they each bring one big pizza to share with everyone. But then there’s Nebraska and Maine, who like to mix things up.

Cyrus Doomasia has helped many of InterKnowlogy's clients, like 7News and SVT, cover important elections, including the upcoming 2024 US Presidential election. In this article, he answers the question: Why is swing state voting so important in US elections?

On May 21, 2022, TV Tonight published an article written by David Knox titled, “Demystifying Seven’s ‘Screen of Dreams.’ In this article, Cyrus Doomasia (Head of Delivery at InterKnowlogy) explained that Seven's ‘Screen of Dreams’ uses tech from the same developers (InterKnowlogy) behind CNN's ‘Magic Wall.’ While re-visiting this article, I became curious about the answers to a few possible follow-up questions. Luckily for me, Cyrus is a colleague of mine at InterKnowlogy and was kind enough to oblige me with the answers.

Throughout InterKnowlogy’s history, our broadcasting clients (like CNN, 7News, SVT) have used our Election Insights Product to cover elections in their respective countries. This article offers a high-level overview of the electoral processes in countries where we have extensive experience.

British Colombians, New Brunswickers and Saskatchewanians each vote within days of each other this October. Here’s a quick take on what things look like six months out:

Every five years, citizens across the EU's 27 member countries head to the polls to elect their representatives to the European Parliament. So why should the rest of the world pay attention to the EU Elections?

Last Thursday, President Joe Biden turned many heads in the punditry and seemingly made a not-unnoticeable breakthrough with Americans as he delivered a raucous State of the Union address. His third, and most memorable, as president.

The term “Super Tuesday” has existed since the 1970s—originally referring to the last big collection of primaries. Its modern usage was cemented in the 1980s, as many southern states moved their primaries earlier in the calendar to increase their influence in the process. Since then, as a rule, in both parties, a clear front-runner has emerged from Super Tuesday, often becoming the nominee.

About 50% of the world is participating in democratic elections this year. The United States, India, Russia, Ukraine, Pakistan, Taiwan, and many others, make 2024: A BIG year for elections.

This short article is a beginner’s guide for users who have just started using ChatGPT, or some other Generative AI, but are finding that the responses are less than desirable. Reading this article is the first step towards getting better responses.

Take it from someone who’s lost to a third-party candidate—when people think times are messy, what happens next is anyone’s guess.

How Information Visualization Will Transform 21st Century Decision Making.

At midnight on January 23rd, all six residents of the unincorporated community 30kms from the Quebec border are expected in the living room of the Balsam Resort’s Tillotson House to cast their ballot. They are likely to be joined by hordes of media, and perhaps a candidate or two.

Since 1972, Iowa’s first-in-the-nation voting event has played an outsized role in presidential politics. However, the details of how the Iowa caucuses actual work have long mystified even hardcore political junkies…a former longtime CNN host included.

With just under two weeks to go until the opening Republican caucuses in Iowa—January 15th—political observers and pollsters are outload wondering if there is anything or anyone who can derail the MAGA (Make America Great Again) locomotive and its conductor, Donald Trump.

With a strong showing in Iowa and New Hampshire—and the financial resources at her disposal to outspend and out-advertise her opponents—it is possible that Haley could be the sole contender standing against Trump

Yes, there’s a lot of water to pass under the bridge before all votes are counted on November 5th, 2024. But clearly Biden is significantly weaker now among those groups that were critical to his election in 2020. And, with a disapproval rating of just over 60%, perhaps Americans are signalling their desire for new leadership.

Democracy is messy at best. And in turbulent times, it is ever more important for media to provide clarity for audiences—voters—trying to make sense of what’s happening.

National poll numbers, while taking the pulse of the country, don’t offer the same arithmetic certainty as statewide data. And even then, localized data sets must be contextualized to factor in timing and preceding events.

With under a year to go until November 5th, 2024—with echoes reverberating from within the Democratic tent about Biden's fitness to stand for a second term—recent polls from six key battleground states have highlighted a big problem in his bid for reelection.

The waning ability to build consensus and maintain broad support is leading to greater vulnerability for people exposed to outbreaks, extreme climate, and those living in conflict-affected zones. iK Insights acknowledges and makes sense of the complexity involved operating in challenging and heavy-stakes environments for governments and organizations.

Understand how organizations can build the capacity to listen by developing systems that have the ability to receive new information, consider the signals and prioritize the actions.

Matt DeCourcey, Head of Corporate Affairs at iK, reflects on his experience in public office on how the Canadian government was able to react decisively for the COVID-19 pandemic, and how we can better prepare for the next public health emergency.

In an industry that is in need of much needed disruption, iK's Weather Insights is a revolutionary platform breaking traditional weather broadcast technology.

There are countless analogies between decision-making and water. When considering how to navigate the waters of decision-making as it relates to information requirements,  4 characteristics of information can help differentiate between how organizations think decision-making environments are made and the actual environments humans face when making those decisions.

Real-time, visually appealing data that is available on-the-go can improve decision time, enabling better communication and coordination amongst emergency responders.

Leaders need to recognize that valuing risk performance is not something you achieve, but rather something you continue to work towards and improve.

Change and the three core steps of initiate, effect and sustain, that organizations must address when going through any transformation.

Knowing that risk management has to change and knowing 'how' and 'what' to change about risk management are two different things.

As the world continues to evolve, managing change must be the top priority for leaders. Ideally, this is done across four dimensions: decarbonize, de-formalize, decolonize, & digitize.

The question that needs to be answered here is ‘what’. What steps does an organization need to take in order to value risk performance? The question of ‘why’ is not an issue.

Static requirements are those policies, procedures, and reports that define the boundaries of the framework and set up a management system. The dynamic requirements are the day-to-day systems, processes, and activities that manage risks.

Four key elements that every organization must include in the formation of their strategy: Purpose, Intelligence, Engagement, and Resilience.

The term ‘performance’ is often used out of context and confused with the term ‘results’. Results quantify what happened, performance measures what’s happening.

What do Icebergs and Supermarkets have in common? Nothing much actually, except in how they have become metaphors for how we understand what is complicated and what is complex.