Archive for 2006

Fun in the workplace

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —September 6, 2006
Filed in Fun

The guys over at Signal vs Noise have it right. Fun is not at the other end of serious. You can have fun and be …

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A craving for the human touch

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —September 5, 2006
Filed in News

We’ve all had terrible experiences navigating through automated phone systems where you dial 2 for this and 3 for that only to have the system …

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Pictorial stories that convey values

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —September 5, 2006
Filed in Anecdotes

A mining company just finished a traditional values exercise. You know the one, it ends up with a bulleted list of single words like integrity, …

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UK Cabinet Office uses YouTube

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —September 5, 2006
Filed in News

Dissident reports that the UK Cabinet Office has posted two videos on YouTube. It’s good to see the UK Government using the latest social software. …

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Zahmoo blog is up and running

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —September 4, 2006
Filed in Business storytelling

If you are interested in the Most Significant Change technique or, more generally, in ways to assess the impact of initiatives that are difficult to …

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Three-dozen knowledge sharing barriers

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —September 3, 2006
Filed in Strategy

Yesterday I read a paper by Andreas Riege with the title, Three-dozen knowledge sharing barriers managers must consider. It’s a literature review that lists sets …

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Compromise for breakfast

Posted by  Mark Schenk —September 2, 2006
Filed in Culture

Seth Godin relates a story about breakfast on his blog. Except its not about breakfast but about how compromise insidiously erodes your intent and how …

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August commenters and linkers

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —September 1, 2006
Filed in News

Thanks again to everyone who has participated in our blog for August. We look forward to your thoughts and suggestions in September. Commenters Matt Moore, …

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The busy-ness meme

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —September 1, 2006
Filed in Communication, Culture

Darren Woolley, over at P3, has also noticed the busy-ness meme. You know the one: we are so busy as the moment, flat out. In …

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A whole new mind review

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —September 1, 2006
Filed in Business storytelling

Garr Reynolds over at Presentation Zen has written an excellent review of Dan Pink’s A Whole New Mind. A couple of quotes that stand out: …

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