Archive for 2006

Interested in facilitation?

Posted by  Andrew Rixon —July 28, 2006
Filed in Events

 Then you’ve gotta make it to the Naked Facilitator Conference to be held in Geelong this year November 28–1st December. There are some great people going …

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Cognitive Edge (aka Cynefin) blog is up and running

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —July 26, 2006
Filed in News

Dave Snowden has officially started blogging. I’d keep an eye on this site as Dave is renowned for his unique style and new perspectives on …

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Relationships create resilience

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —July 26, 2006
Filed in Anecdotes

I remember a great story told by Margaret Wheatley about how the US Federal Aviation Authority successfully landed all the planes in US airspace on …

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Being comfortable not knowing

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —July 25, 2006
Filed in Communication

Andrew says we should be more comfortable with not knowing and I have to admit I don’t entirely know what he means. 🙂 This post …

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World eBook Fair

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —July 24, 2006
Filed in Events

Free Access to the public from July 4th to August 4th, in celebration of Project Gutenberg’s 35th Birthday World eBook Fair.

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Using storytelling in sales

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —July 24, 2006
Filed in Selling

Ford Harding has written two useful articles on using anecdotes to overcome common selling challenges. In Harding case he’s focussed on professional firms but the suggestions hold …

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The emerging 1% rule

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —July 24, 2006
Filed in Collaboration

The Guardian has pulled together some statistics suggesting that for every 100 people online only 1 person will create content and 10 will “interact” with …

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Data, information and knowledge finally explained

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —July 22, 2006
Filed in Fun

Professor Gervaise Germaine from the Free University of Munsterburg provides a lucid description of the difference between data, information and knowledge in this short video clip. The …

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Join Anecdote and make a difference

Posted by  Mark Schenk —July 21, 2006
Filed in News

Last week, I was sitting in a hotel room in Sydney with Shawn and Andrew following a workshop by Brenda Dervin: sense-maker extraordinaire. The workshop re-confirmed …

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Story spines for sensemaking

Posted by  Andrew Rixon —July 21, 2006
Filed in Business storytelling

The “story spine” is a natural sensemaking device. Yesterday, one of my good friends Viv was telling me about a workshop experience she went through with …

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