Archive for 2006

The 5 ways storytelling has been discouraged in organisations

Posted by  Andrew Rixon —September 27, 2006
Filed in Business storytelling, Culture

Following on from our last research findings post suggesting the 7 story forms valued within organisations we have also explored the flip side question of “when has storytelling been discouraged …

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Surveys, rewards and shame

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —September 27, 2006
Filed in Anecdotes

Bob Sutton has a terrific post describing how Cedars-Sinai Medical Center got all their doctors to wash their hands. His main source for the post is …

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The 7 story forms valued within organisations

Posted by  Andrew Rixon —September 26, 2006
Filed in Business storytelling, Culture

“When is storytelling valued within your organisation?” was one of the questions we explored within our Australian wide survey on awareness and attitudes of story and narrative techniques …

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Leading complex change and opening space

Posted by  Andrew Rixon —September 25, 2006
Filed in Events

At lunchtime, on October 6th, Larry Peterson a well respected Open Space practictioner from Canada will be diving into our fishbowl with the Victorian Public …

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Why you need to know about Anecdote Circles

Posted by  Andrew Rixon —September 22, 2006
Filed in Business storytelling

Interviews and surveys are no longer sufficient to find out what’s really happening in your business. Organisations are becoming more complex every day and as …

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Why people don’t use collaboration tools

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —September 21, 2006
Filed in Collaboration

David Pollard offered for anyone on the net to join him is a joint collaboration project using Writely. The topic: Why are conversation and collaboration …

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What are you more aware of – positive or negative stories?

Posted by  Andrew Rixon —September 20, 2006
Filed in Business storytelling, News

You may have been part of our Australian wide survey on attitudes and awareness of story and narrative approaches within organisations. One of the questions …

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Free Webinar: Change your Story Change your World

Posted by  Andrew Rixon —September 19, 2006
Filed in Business storytelling

Interested?  Come get a taste at our free webinar that Evolve has invited us to present. Check here for more info.

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Interview on Open Space with Larry Peterson

Posted by  Andrew Rixon —September 18, 2006
Filed in Employee Engagement, Events

We are getting prepared to be surprised about an upcoming Open Space Fishbowl with Larry Peterson on October 6th with the Victorian Continuous Improvement Network. It …

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If you can’t measure it….

Posted by  Mark Schenk —September 18, 2006
Filed in Anecdotes, Leadership Posts

I recently heard a presentation that mentioned the truism ‘if you can’t measure it you can’t manage it’. It reminded me of how uncomfortable I …

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