Archive for 2007

Definition of an Anecdote

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —June 13, 2007
Filed in Business storytelling

I was over at Wikipedia today and ended up on the Anecdote article. Here’s their definition of an anecdote, which I think is pretty good. …

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Staff induction or orientation

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —June 11, 2007
Filed in Business storytelling, Communication, Culture

I might have mentioned a few posts ago that we are currently helping a government department develop a staff induction program for their Aboriginal employees. …

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Narrative Techniques for Business Workshop in Sydney – 26 July

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —June 6, 2007
Filed in Business storytelling, Events

It’s been over a year since we presented this workshop in Australia, so we are pleased to say we are running our narrative techniques for …

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Anecdote is Enterprise 2.0

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —June 4, 2007
Filed in Collaboration

Luke Naismith sent me the link to this presentation. And after a quick look it’s immediately recognisable; it’s how we work at Anecdote. If you …

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When to use open source techniques

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —June 3, 2007
Filed in Collaboration, Strategy

Nicholas Carr has written a thought provoking piece in Strategy+Business on the limitations of open source approaches. In a nutshell, open source approaches work best …

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Finding and amplifying a sense of direction—directional stories

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —June 1, 2007
Filed in Anecdotes, Communication

This week I have been talking to people about foundational stories and how they are important for reinforcing the core vales and direction for everyone …

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Ross Dawson’s Web 2.0 Framework

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —June 1, 2007
Filed in Business storytelling, Communication

It’s important for businesses to keep an eye on what’s happening on the web as so many new business models are emerging every day. Ross …

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The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation’s Story Guide in now online

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —May 30, 2007
Filed in News

Great news. The Story Guide: Building Bridges Using Narrative Techniques is now available online. Our reader, Jon Revelos, just posted the link today as a …

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Knowledge strategy – from the bottom up

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —May 29, 2007
Filed in Strategy

For a few months now I have been proposing a new way to do knowledge strategy that involves everyone in the organisation. There are three …

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Organisations not really doing Most Significant Change—the selection process

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —May 28, 2007
Filed in Business storytelling, Communication

    Yesterday I discovered another large organisation who think they are using the Most Significant Change technique to evaluate their programs but they don’t …

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