Archive for 2006
Finding the right expertise using your networks
Dorothy Leonard and Walter Swap tell the story of how Jack Hanley, the CEO of Monsanto, hired Howard Schneiderman, the Dean of Biological Sciences at …
Read MoreAustralian-wide survey on awareness and attitudes of story and narrative techniques in organisations
Since our survey launch last week I have sure been busy. We’ve had a fantastic response rate and are collecting some interesting perspectives which we …
Read MoreTechnorati sucks you in to do a survey
I noticed this call to bloggers on Technorati today and because I’m interested in how people conduct online surveys (we’re running one at the moment …
Read MoreChallenging two assumptions in expertise location
There are two common assumptions made in expertise location approaches which we should not be taken for granted: expertise resides with an individual; and once you’ve …
Read MoreAnthropologist collects stories from soldiers in Afganistan
I just noticed this news item over at Harold Jarche’s blog describing how anthropologist Anne Irwin spent time collecting stories in the field with the Canadian …
Read MoreA simple intervention to reduce flaming
Nancy White points us to a beautifully simple intervention for reducing flaming in an online forum; pre-populate the text box where you write your message with …
Read MoreThe value of ethnography in business
Andy Crabtree has written a short article on how to use ethnography to design IT systems. It reminded me of the time, in 2004, when …
Read MoreAustralia wide research on story and narrative techniques in business
Today is an exciting day for us. Today, we launch an Australian wide research project. As a company dedicated to story and narrative approaches in …
Read MoreBring the bulletin board back – find out who knows what, who and how
It’s hard to know what your colleagues know unless you ask them. A simple method is to erect a pin board in your department, section …
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