Archive for 2005

Founder of complexity?

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —August 26, 2005
Filed in Collaboration

I noticed Ark Group has given Dave Snowden the title of “Founder of Complexity” on their KM Asia website. Sounds to me like marketing hyperbole …

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Understanding community indicators – time to share our chocolate

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —August 26, 2005
Filed in Collaboration

After a little bit of gentle cajoling, Nancy White has started to describe what she means by community indicators. And in good community building style Nancy …

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Chip Goodyear says $8.5B profit partly due to communities of practice efforts

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —August 25, 2005
Filed in Collaboration

OK, so Chip didn’t say that exactly. I heard part of Chip’s speech (on ABC radio) to the market announcing their record profit and he said their …

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The work of stories – MIT

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —August 24, 2005
Filed in News

In May this year MIT hosted the Media in Transition conference which had the theme of: the work of stories. You can view the videos and papers …

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Community indicators, indicator species and persausion

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —August 23, 2005
Filed in Collaboration

I love what Nancy is doing jotting down the many things which might indicate “community lives here”—yes, turn it into a book Nancy! I discovered …

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Using Quickplace to support a Communities of Practice

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —August 22, 2005
Filed in Collaboration

Quickplace out of the box is a useful collaboration tool for teams but its default configuration is unhelpful in supporting communities of practice. Here is …

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What is business narrative?

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —August 17, 2005
Filed in Business storytelling

The term ‘business narrative’ hasn’t really taken off, yet I’m finding more and more people in organisations are drawn to these techniques because traditional approaches …

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The smackdown model for learning makes sense

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —August 17, 2005
Filed in Communication

Kathy Sierra’s smackdown model for learning made me smile AND nod—what a great idea. I agree, we should be presenting multiple views rather than insisting there is …

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An artist and the soirée

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

My sister-in-law, Fern Smith, is an artist who is conducting an interesting experiment. Fern is keen to engage people in discussions about the ideas represented …

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VOIP Technology – you should know about this

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

Ron Rogers at Weby Systems does a fantastic job of keeping the technologies I use up and running. He has recently been testing VOIP (Voice …

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