Archive for 2005

Using photos to jog memories

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —September 14, 2005
Filed in Communication

It seems everyone has a mobile phone with a camera in it these days. And digital cameras are as common as blades of grass on …

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Advanced dotmocracy

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —September 13, 2005
Filed in News

Jason Diceman just made a comment on the dotmocracy post pointing us to the Advanced Dotmocracy approach. There is even a comparison of both techniques on …

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KM in legal firms

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —September 13, 2005
Filed in Anecdotes

Joy London at excited utterances writes one of the best legal KM blogs around, and Joy, a New Yorker, seems to have an interest in Australia. …

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Johnnie Moore’s weblog and Margaret Wheatley’s Essay

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —September 11, 2005
Filed in Collaboration

I love it when a friend sends me a link to a new weblog suggesting I might like it. Andrew Rixon just sent me a …

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New narrative techniques workshop for Oct-Dec

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —September 9, 2005
Filed in Events

Our popular narrative techniques workshops are scheduled again. If you have heard about narrative techniques but perhaps came away wondering what you would actually do, …

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Book review – Wisdom of Crowds

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —September 8, 2005
Filed in Business storytelling

Fast Company calls it an ‘idea-driven narrative’. This genre, made famous by Malcolm Gladwell, takes a simple (but important) idea and uses research, case studies, …

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Learning from experience using video

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —September 7, 2005
Filed in Insight

Video is finally making it into the mainstream for organisations to see and hear, almost first hand, the experiences of their colleagues. The availability of …

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Collective meaning and group decision making

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —September 5, 2005
Filed in Collaboration

I just had an interesting distinction drawn to my attention: the difference between collective meaning and group decision making. I’ve just finished Wisdom of Crowds …

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The problems with a dotmocracy

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —August 31, 2005
Filed in Business storytelling, Communication

Have you ever used the technique we call a ‘dotmocracy’ to get a group to prioritise a set of ideas/initiatives/actions? Each person is given five …

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Talent magnetism

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —August 31, 2005
Filed in Business storytelling

I was in New Zealand for a couple days this week. I caught up with my colleagues at Future of People and Organisations (FPO) – …

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