Archive for 2006

Some findings from a recent paper about the online community: ActKM

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —May 27, 2006
Filed in Collaboration

Trish Milne and I had one of our papers recently published in the Journal of Knowledge Management entitled, ActKM: the story of a community. Here …

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What Dave Snowden is reading

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —May 27, 2006
Filed in News

I always like to hear what Dave is reading; he seems to pick up the most interesting books. The Cognitive Edge website (still under development) now …

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Management advice: which 90% is crap

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —May 26, 2006
Filed in Leadership Posts

I enjoy reading Bob Sutton’s work. He seems like a no nonsense sort of guy who is not trying to baffle you with BS. Bob …

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More reasons to develop a whole new mind

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —May 24, 2006
Filed in Culture

In March this year I introduced you to A Whole New Mind. Daniel Pink’s argument goes something like this: jobs which can be done anywhere …

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David Maister’s latest article: Strategy Means Saying “No”

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —May 24, 2006
Filed in Strategy

I was flattered to read that David Maister recently quoted me in a recent article on strategy based on a comment I’d made on his blog. I was …

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The Melbourne Knowledge Management Leadership Forum has a blog

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —May 24, 2006
Filed in News

Some of you might know about the Melbourne Knowledge Management Leadership Forum—better known as KMLF. It’s a voluntary group that organises free face to face …

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Storytelling is more about creating connections than knowledge transfer

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —May 23, 2006
Filed in Business storytelling

Don Cohen reminds us of the power of telling stories in organisations by retelling the story about NASA’s Jet Propulsion Labs regular storytelling sessions. More …

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Blogs that talk mostly about knowledge management

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —May 22, 2006
Filed in News

If you want to see a bunch of knowledge management blog content in one space, here is a blog aggregator site called Blogdigger.

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We will work harder to find good news

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —May 19, 2006
Filed in Communication, News

Bad news travels fast and some argue that we learn best from our mistakes, but psychological research shows we will work harder, or a least …

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A simple training needs assessment

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —May 18, 2006
Filed in Business storytelling, Collaboration

Susan Heathfield suggests a facilitated process to conduct a simple training needs assessment. The basic steps to Susan’s approach look like this (she explains them …

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