Archive for April, 2006

Facilitation for engineers and scientists

Posted by  Andrew Rixon —April 19, 2006
Filed in Collaboration

It’s interesting how I’ve found myself drawn into discussion lately around the difficulties of facilitating engineers and scientists. If facilitating engineers and scientists is difficult, …

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New whitepaper – how to talk about knowledge management

Posted by  Mark Schenk —April 18, 2006
Filed in Collaboration

For years we have been listening to presentations, reading articles and working with organisations in the KM field and probably the only consistent theme is the lack …

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The role of stories in reasoning

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —April 15, 2006
Filed in Business storytelling

If you are unsure of the power of narratives read the restorative justice story in Malcolm Gladwell’s latest New Yorker piece. The article introduces some …

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Connecting People: How to Foster and Harness Your Organisation’s Connectors

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —April 14, 2006
Filed in Communication

I wrote this article with Stewart Forsyth from FX Consultants. Stewart and I have done a few projects together in New Zealand and it is …

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GAP Forum and increasing links in a social network

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —April 14, 2006
Filed in Communication

I was invited to attend the GAP Forum on Leveraging Networks in Business last week and caught up with some old friends like John Finnigan and …

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Westpac’s use of Cynefin techniques

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —April 14, 2006
Filed in News

As a Cynefin practitioner and a business partner of the Cynefin Centre (soon to be renamed I hear) it is always good to see some …

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Tapping into the right brain through sensemaking

Posted by  Mark Schenk —April 10, 2006
Filed in Communication

In January, I described Communities of Practice as ‘the right brain of the organisation’, and Shawn recently posted about the role of sensemaking in creating …

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Silencing the facilitator – looking at facilitator turn taking

Posted by  Andrew Rixon —April 9, 2006
Filed in Communication

An interesting and thought provoking post by Johnnie Moore on Trust, Control, Power, Silence. I’ve been reflecting a lot on the notion of silence in …

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3 big problems for social network analysis

Posted by  Andrew Rixon —April 7, 2006
Filed in Communication

You’ve probably noticed that Social Network Analysis is experiencing a surge in popularity. As a result many organisations are likely to invest significant time, effort …

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Modelling Human Ecosystems with Agents

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —April 7, 2006
Filed in Events

Pascal Perez is running a short course in Canberra I thought you might like to know about. Here are the details: Modelling Human Ecosystems with Agents …

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