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Having a casual surf on a sunday afternoon I came across this interesting Storytelling survival guide by David Boje. It seems a fairly comprehensive, if not …

Obviously anecdotes play a key role in our work. We use these real life business stories to help people see patterns that typically remain hidden using traditional …

Earlier this year Shawn posted about a great site containing anecdotes about the development of the Apple Macintosh. Browsing through the archive I found this great …

When something happens we like to tell others about it. This retelling of our experience often is done in the form of a story. “I can’t believe what …

A quick question for everyone. Are you aware of any Australian companies who are blogging inside the firewall? I’m working with a mid-sized professional service …

Two powerful ways of making sense (in a weickien way) are: Using frameworks to ‘frame’ data Getting people to explain and explore surprises The first technique of …

This is the best KM conference in Australia because it consists of practitioners talking about how it is done – no vendor presentations. It’s a …

You can think of the act of sensemaking as discovering the new terrain as you are inventing it. A man who is certainly mapping and creating …

Brian Arthur’s quote is a classic and I like the metaphor of sensemaking as mapping the terrain. I would add one twist which was introduced …

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 …