Archive for 2009

Community of practice paper featured in Insightory

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —February 7, 2009
Filed in Collaboration, News

Just to let you know that my paper on tacit knowledge and communities of practice has been featured on insightory.com.

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Assessing the health of a community of practice using net promoter score

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —February 3, 2009
Filed in Collaboration

It’s a simple idea: if you have more promoters than detractors you can expect your business to thrive. This is the basis of the Net …

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Use stories to communicate the value of collaboration

Posted by  Mark Schenk —January 29, 2009
Filed in Business storytelling, Collaboration

In the previous two posts (Shawn’s on his forthcoming presentation and Chandni’s about collaboration between Google and P&G) have used specific examples to illustrate how …

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I’m giving a talk on collaboration and your invited

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —January 23, 2009
Filed in Collaboration, News

For years software vendors and consulting firms have been developing SAP software components for NSW government agencies and on-selling the same software to numerous other …

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Profiting from Collaboration

Posted by  chandni —January 21, 2009
Filed in Anecdotes, Collaboration

Google and P&G are both known for their innovation capabilities and strict internal policy. Driven by market forces, they made an exception. They swapped about …

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Getting communities of practice going

Posted by  Mark Schenk —January 19, 2009
Filed in Collaboration

In the latter half of 2008, we worked with a number of companies to establish communities of practice. In training the people with key roles …

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A fun day at TEDx Melbourne

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —January 18, 2009
Filed in Communication

Yesterday I spend the day with 40+ other TED enthusiasts at Monash Uni watching and discussing TED videos. We believe it was the first independent …

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London workshop update

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —January 15, 2009
Filed in Events

Dates and costs for the London workshops this June have been announced. Check out the workshop details here.

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For job hunters—finding and telling better stories

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —January 13, 2009
Filed in Business storytelling, Communication

More people will be looking for jobs this year. Sadly unemployment is rising. Getting a job interview will be tough so it will be doubly …

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Gaining insight with archetypes

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —January 12, 2009
Filed in Employee Engagement

To change the way we work we need to change our mental models, and that requires insight. In The Neuroscience of Leadership David Rock and …

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