Archive for 2007

Steve Denning picks up on story-listening

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —July 21, 2007
Filed in Business storytelling, Communication

I was just reading Steve Denning’s latest newsletter and I noticed that he has picked up on the importance of story-listening in his latest book. …

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Taking on new tasks

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —July 20, 2007
Filed in Communication, Culture

A few posts ago I described how you can delegate tasks in a way that informs people with what they need to know to do …

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Three principles for learning

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —July 19, 2007
Filed in Anecdotes

My wife, Sheenagh, went to a conference on literacy last week. She’s a primary school teacher and teaches a 1st grade class. One the speakers, …

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Converting your blog posts to wiki pages

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —July 17, 2007
Filed in Collaboration

Today I worked out a neat hack to get our blog posts from Ecto into our wiki without having to reformat. Simply view the html …

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How to set a task in a complex work environment

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —July 17, 2007
Filed in Collaboration, Strategy

One of the most useful books I own is Gary Klein’s “Intuition at Work: Why Developing Your Gut Instincts Will Make You Better at What …

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Blogging has a role in culture change

Posted by  Mark Schenk —July 15, 2007
Filed in Business storytelling

Arjun Thomas has blogged a summary of a recent McKinsey Global Survey on ‘How Businesses are using Web 2.0″. The survey continues a theme that …

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The Melbournians

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —July 14, 2007
Filed in News

It’s always nice to put a face to a name. Here’s Daryl, Robyn and me.

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Victoria Ward is blogging

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —July 13, 2007
Filed in News

I can’t say how excited I was to find Victoria Ward blogging. I noticed a link to her site over at Bev Trayner’s blog (thanks …

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Real knowledge management

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —July 12, 2007
Filed in Anecdotes

A few years ago I attended KM Australia in Sydney. It was the early days of KM in Australia and I remember one of the …

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How I used a story spine

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —July 11, 2007
Filed in Business storytelling

Viv McWaters has just posted an example of a story spine which reminded me of how we are using story spines in our sensemaking workshops. …

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