Archive for 2007

Some more words to elicit stories

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —February 2, 2007
Filed in Business storytelling

Last month I listed 10 questions you might use to help people recall their experiences (stories). I was chatting to Paul Atkins (executive coach and …

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Upcoming Practical Social Network Analysis Workshop

Posted by  Andrew Rixon —January 31, 2007
Filed in Events

With Social Network Analysis (SNA), the technique of analysing and exploring social networks, experiencing a resurgence. I’m pleased to announce that I will be running a …

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Peer assist animation

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —January 31, 2007
Filed in Insight

When you’re steeped in a discipline like knowledge management you start to assume that everyone knows about techniques like After Action Reviews and Peer Assists. …

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Managing your boss

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —January 30, 2007
Filed in Collaboration

I was over at David Maister’s blog the other day and he was requesting tips on how to better manage your boss. I made a …

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Defining intent in a change management program

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —January 30, 2007
Filed in Strategy

A while ago I argued that the target metaphor was inappropriate for change projects. The idea that anyone could accurately define a change target, aim at …

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Using small rituals to switch roles and behaviour

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —January 28, 2007
Filed in Collaboration

Our behaviour changes with the roles we play, and sometimes we need a trigger to remind us to move from one role to another to ensure our behaviour suits the …

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Organisational stories

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —January 28, 2007
Filed in Anecdotes, Business storytelling

A friend of a friend of our is a frequent business traveller. Let’s call him Dave. Dave was recently in Atlantic City for an important …

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Carnival of the Capitalists on David Maister’s blog

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —January 24, 2007
Filed in News

Last week David Maister invited his blog readers to participate in the Carnival of the Capitalist and submit a blog post that his readers might …

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Moving from on-line to face-to-face and back again

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —January 22, 2007
Filed in Collaboration

I met John Smith and Bev Trayner face-to-face for the first time last year in Florence at a CP2 dialogue. I’d known both of them …

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The difference between a sound argument and a good story

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —January 21, 2007
Filed in Business storytelling

I spent a couple of hours today tracking down some papers for a course I’m helping to teach at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University on …

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