Archive for the ‘Collaboration’ Category

Running our communities of practice workshop in Hong Kong

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —November 11, 2006
Filed in Collaboration

I’m planning to be in Hong Kong for the The 3rd Asia-Pacific International Conference on Knowledge Management (11–13 December) and as part of the conference …

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Kurtz and Snowden on inter-organisational learning networks

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —November 2, 2006
Filed in Collaboration

Cynthia Kurtz and Dave Snowden have written a thought provoking chapter on inter-organisational learning networks. I’ve seen their ideas develop over the last few years …

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Wikipedia raids are great activities for communities of practice

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —October 23, 2006
Filed in Collaboration

For some time now I’ve been advocating what I call ‘action-oriented communities of practice.’ The model is described here and it’s in use by a …

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The Prato Dialog

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —October 8, 2006
Filed in Collaboration

I’m on route home from Florence (at Heathrow) and I just wanted to get down some thoughts about the Prato Dialogue I’ve just attended. Eight …

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For successful change – Momentum = Mass x Velocity

Posted by  Andrew Rixon —October 6, 2006
Filed in Collaboration, Communication

Today the VPS Continuous Improvement Network experienced something unique. With Larry Peterson (a well known Canadian Open Space Practictioner) touring Australia, we had a great opportunity to try a new format …

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The actKM conference: 25-26 October

Posted by  Mark Schenk —October 4, 2006
Filed in Collaboration

actKM is running its 7th annual conference on 25 and 26 October. This is the best KM conference in Australia because it consists of practitioners talking about how …

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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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Remembering the art of good conversation

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —September 15, 2006
Filed in Collaboration

A couple of years ago I started a little group in Melbourne called Emergence. It’s open to anyone who wants to talk about the application …

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How can one improvise in a virtual world?

Posted by  Andrew Rixon —September 13, 2006
Filed in Collaboration

How can one improvise (together) in a virtual world, using electronic connections? How can we bring the benefits of interactivity into this medium, which is often …

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The Prato Dialogue

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —August 27, 2006
Filed in Collaboration

A handful of community of practice practitioners are meeting in Florence this October to reflect on the field’s theory and practice. Here is the blog Beverly …

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