Archive for 2006

The people are the organisation

Posted by  Mark Schenk —October 7, 2006
Filed in Communication, Leadership Posts

  It is the most ubiquitous platitude of corporate life: “People are our most important asset.” The undeniable reality, of course, is that the human …

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For successful change – Momentum = Mass x Velocity

Posted by  Andrew Rixon —October 6, 2006
Filed in Collaboration, Communication

Today the VPS Continuous Improvement Network experienced something unique. With Larry Peterson (a well known Canadian Open Space Practictioner) touring Australia, we had a great opportunity to try a new format …

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Australian managers intuit story most useful for culture change

Posted by  Andrew Rixon —October 5, 2006
Filed in Business storytelling

When asked in our recent Australian wide survey on the attitudes and awareness of story and narrative in organisations “How much have you heard or …

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The actKM conference: 25-26 October

Posted by  Mark Schenk —October 4, 2006
Filed in Collaboration

actKM is running its 7th annual conference on 25 and 26 October. This is the best KM conference in Australia because it consists of practitioners talking about how …

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Improv and Story to help you in life and work

Posted by  Andrew Rixon —October 4, 2006
Filed in Business storytelling

In a previous post Izzy Gesell and I asked the question How can one improvise in a virtual world? Why do you care? Maybe you …

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Anecdote is growing

Posted by  Mark Schenk —October 4, 2006
Filed in News

Back in July we decided that the Anecdote team needed to grow and we ‘advertised’ via the blog and using word of mouth. We received …

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Share your story about blogging on Zahmoo

Posted by  Andrew Rixon —October 1, 2006
Filed in Business storytelling

Are you a blogger? Maybe you blog professionally. Maybe your blog supports your business in some way. Maybe you blog inside an organisation. Maybe you …

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The role of past patterns in discontinuous change

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —September 29, 2006
Filed in Insight

Dave Snowden has written an excellent post warning of the dangers of simply looking at the past and attempting to apply, without adaptation, what happened then to …

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Story as a source of insight

Posted by  Andrew Rixon —September 28, 2006
Filed in Anecdotes

Here is an anecdote from a senior executive from our recent survey which I just had to share. I’ve posted about the 5 ways in which stories are …

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