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Why does Google work? Because on the internet people link between sites. Popular sites are popular probably because they are relevant and more people link …

Who is prescient enough to be able to consistently predict the future? These researchers think they can. Coolhunting: Chasing Down the Next Big Thing via …

I came across the idea of the power law when I read Duncan Watt’s Six Degrees. It’s the one that best describes city population distributions, …

The Anecdote website is all about storytelling in organisations. You can get an idea of how we use business narrative by checking out how we …

In 2002 I wrote a paper called Crafting a Knowledge Strategy. Its basic premise was that a knowledge strategy should be designed for emergence: it …

Here is a great quote from Ursula K. LeGuin that succinctly describes complexity. It was posted by Kathleen Osta to the Open Space List earlier …

“Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.” When Einstein uttered these words little did he know that …

How do they get away with such appalling behaviour? I’ve seen some dreadful displays by managers who seem to revel in the power and forgetting …

Welcome to the September Anecdote newsletter. It’s been a busy but exciting past month. During August we celebrated Anecdote’s third birthday and to mark the …

Jennifer Jones mentions that she has been working with Intel on the social media activities and how storytelling plays an important role in Intel’s success …