Great quote from Brian Arthur on sensemaking

Posted by  Andrew Rixon —October 16, 2005
Filed in Culture, Leadership Posts

This has got to be one of the best quotes I’ve seen regarding sensemaking, from an article of Brian Arthur’s in the Harvard Business Review. Imagine …

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Making sense of sensemaking

Posted by  Andrew Rixon —October 15, 2005
Filed in News

Sensemaking is an important part of the business that we do here at Anecdote. We’ve decided that over the next month we’ll blog about it. Maybe …

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Storybook Moleskine

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —October 15, 2005
Filed in Fun

I’m a lover of Moleskine notebooks. Perhaps it’s their history or their sturdy design. Whatever the attraction I always have my notebook handy. I see …

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Language is vital for addressing complex issues

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —October 14, 2005
Filed in Collaboration

Dave Pollard is highlighting the similarities between wicked problems and complexity. I had a similar thought a few months back so it’s good to see …

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Corporate blogging – useful paper from Intelliseek and Edeman

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —October 12, 2005
Filed in News

Andrew and I are helping an Australian professional services firm introduce blogging. As part of the business case we’ve been searching for examples of other Australian …

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Archetypes a seed for discussion

Posted by  Andrew Rixon —October 11, 2005
Filed in Events

We had a lot of fun in our Narrative Techniques workshop yesterday. It’s interesting how much discussion and enthusiasm is created when we start working …

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Lessons Learning from Improv

Posted by  Andrew Rixon —October 11, 2005
Filed in Leadership Posts

My first blogpost  was inspired by Patricia’s Madsons book on Improv Wisdom and it’s relation to business and organisations. It’s great to find John Moore exploring …

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An unique presentation style

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —October 9, 2005
Filed in News

Here’s an unique way to use Powerpoint (or the Apple equivalent). The talk is by Dick Hardt on the topic of Identity on the net. …

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Communities of practice – international issues

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —October 9, 2005
Filed in Collaboration

The gang at CPsquare are revisiting some guidelines they developed in 2003 for communities spanning time zones and countries. The original guidelines provide a great …

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What to include in a newsletter for your community of practice

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —October 8, 2005
Filed in Collaboration

Communities of practice thrive on rhythm. I’m not talking about members taking up the tabla of course. Community rhythm is established by holding regular events such as …

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