Archive for January, 2005

Some obstacles can be a right pain

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —January 18, 2005
Filed in Fun

Thanks to Bill Gibson for this one.

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The relevance of the open source model for communities of practice

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —January 17, 2005
Filed in Collaboration

I totally agree with Mitch Kapor’s when he says: “Open source heralds a global paradigm shift in social and economic value creation of enormous proportions, …

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The role of free will in social complexity–does it exist?

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —January 16, 2005
Filed in Collaboration

Dave Snowden frequently says: “Humans are not ants. We have ‘free will’ and can impose order on an otherwise complex system.” This sounded like a sound …

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Community of practice adoption in government agencies

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —January 14, 2005
Filed in Collaboration

Government agencies have for some time embraced the idea of communities of practice. Australia seems to be behind the US and Europe in adopting CoPs …

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Corporate narrative is not storytelling

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —January 13, 2005
Filed in Business storytelling

After hearing Dave Snowden describe the importance and application of stories in organisations for the first time, I became extremely excited by the idea and …

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Don’t forget Max Boisot

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —January 12, 2005
Filed in News

I was chatting to Bill Godfrey today and we got onto the topic of Denham Grey’s top 5 KM books. We were both surprised that …

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New narrative techniques workshop in Melbourne

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —January 11, 2005
Filed in Events

On the 1st March I will be offering a one-day workshop for particpants to learn the Cynefin narrative techniques. My aim is to provide all …

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Mapping archetypes for an online community

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —January 11, 2005
Filed in News

  Patrick Lambe has done a terrific job writing up the archetype extraction exercise we did at the ActKM forum conference last year. Well worth …

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The practitioner’s landscape by Glenda H. Eoyang

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —January 10, 2005
Filed in Collaboration

Papers which provide practical advice on the design of complexity-based interventions for organisational issues are rare. E:CO (a new complexity journal) is attending to this …

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E:CO – New Complexity Journal

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —January 5, 2005
Filed in Insight

E:CO is a new journal exploring the theory and practice of applying complexity science concepts to organisational issues. The entire content of the current issue …

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