Archive for 2007

Naturally incorporating stories in your conversations

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

Annette Simmons, in her excellent book The Story Factor, warns us from adopting ‘the story voice.’ You know the one. The narrator starts by saying …

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When quantitative analysis just wont cut it

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —August 18, 2007
Filed in Business storytelling

I read Bob Sutton and Jeff Pfeffer’s book, Hard Facts: Dangerous Half-thruths & Total Nonsense, and I was concerned managers would think that you could …

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Wiki Patterns

Posted by  Daryl Cook —August 17, 2007
Filed in Collaboration

We’re currently working on a knowledge project with a client, part of which involves setting up a collaborative environment for managing and editing content – …

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3 great conversation starting questions

Posted by  Mark Schenk —August 15, 2007
Filed in Anecdotes, Collaboration

I flew from Newcastle to Melbourne last night and had a fantastic two-hour chat with the lady in the next seat. By the end of …

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What do we mean by tacit knowledge?

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —August 14, 2007
Filed in Insight

Most of our work here at Anecdote involves working with tacit knowledge. But it is clear that there is a broad understanding about what’s meant …

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Narrative helps us use history appropriately

Posted by  Mark Schenk —August 11, 2007
Filed in Collaboration

Matt Moore picks up on Shawn’s recent post about the relevance of history and gives some good guidelines for appropriate use of history. Matt’s post …

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How a transcript can enhance listening

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —August 10, 2007
Filed in Anecdotes, Business storytelling

I’ve just returned from a couple of days in New Zealand working with my old colleagues from IBM. It was a fun to spend two …

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Just getting by…

Posted by  Mark Schenk —August 8, 2007
Filed in Fun

I rushed out of the house at ‘oh-dark-hundred’ on Monday morning for a three and a half hour drive to run a workshop for the …

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History matters

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —August 4, 2007
Filed in Anecdotes

I just received this comment from AJ which I thought you would enjoy. I will let her comment speak for itself. I’m an anthropologist who’s …

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Getting On With It

Posted by  Daryl Cook —August 3, 2007
Filed in Fun

Scott McCloud … Traditional Western art and literature don’t wander much. On the whole we’re a pretty goal-oriented culture. But in the East, there’s a …

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