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I was reminded last week that projects provide great opportunities to develop communities of practice.  No surprises really, with all that project time and effort …

There is a discussion on ActKM this morning about weak signals and Dave Snowden has relayed some observations he heard from Gary Klein this week which …

David has a thought provoking post about why most of the training people take in business is useless. I particularly liked his test of whether …

If I were to write a book laying out the argument for our Anecdote approaches, I couldn’t be happier if I’d written A Whole New …

My old friend David Pope drew this cartoon (and 2 others) for a paper we wrote in the mid 90s. I still get a chuckle …

In October for the past 36 years Half Moon Bay in California holds a pumpkin competition. The biggest pumpkin grown in a season wins. One …

To follow on from Shawn’s post on building trust and rapport in anecdote circles there is one key element which I think is often overlooked. Silence. …

Malcolm Gladwell’s post on a quick and dirty way of picking winning NBA Knicks teams got me thinking about other helpful heuristics. In particular I …

We are excited to announce our new Starting and Sustaining Communities of Practice workshop. We will run it in Melbourne and Canberra on the 19th …

I’ve recently been hearing some difficulties expressed around people giving feedback in organisations. I’ve heard words used like “constructive criticism”, “constructive feedback” and “positive feedback”. …