Archive for December, 2004

Tell it like it is from HR Monthly

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —December 7, 2004
Filed in News

HRMonthly have given me permission to make Tell it like it is available online. It was first published in HRMonthly, December 2004. HRMonthly is published …

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Peeling the potatoes

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —December 6, 2004
Filed in Collaboration

Denham Grey draws attention to Etienne Wenger’s idea that communities of practice can form the centre piece of a knowledge strategy. And then makes the …

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cc or die

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —December 3, 2004
Filed in Anecdotes, Culture

I heard the following anecdote the other day: ‘When I arrived I was told I should put every in writing as an email. This didn’t …

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Telling it like it is

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —December 3, 2004
Filed in News

The December issue of HR Monthly has just published a version of my paper on how to use stories to size up a situation.

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Selecting 5 KM books

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —December 2, 2004
Filed in News

Denham Grey suggests 5 books to get you started in KM. I would add Nancy Dixon’s Common Knowledge. Nancy provides a useful way of thinking …

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Abstract – Community variety from a complexity perspective

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —December 2, 2004
Filed in Collaboration

Hi Nancy, thanks for your comment. Here is the abstract for the paper. A new framework for communities of practice is required to unite the …

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I’m not joking

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —December 1, 2004
Filed in News

Downloaded Surely you’re joking Mr Feynman from Audible on the weekend. What I’ve heard so far (300 pages retold in 12 hours) is one great …

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