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Trust requires a relationship

Posted by  Mark Schenk —April 2, 2007
Filed in Collaboration

A New York Times/CBS News poll from July 1999 revealed that 63% of people interviewed believe that in dealing with “most people” you “can’t be …

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Join Anecdote and make a difference

Posted by  Mark Schenk —March 25, 2007
Filed in News

Things are continuing to grow here at Anecdote and we are again looking for someone to join our little crew. We would love to work …

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Communities of Practice – a strategic technology?

Posted by  Mark Schenk —March 15, 2007
Filed in Collaboration

I saw the slide pack from a Gartner briefing today. It listed the ‘Top 10 Technologies for 2007’. Included in the list was ‘communiites and …

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Thinking strategically about communities of practice

Posted by  Mark Schenk —March 14, 2007
Filed in Collaboration, Strategy

I have just returned from the UK and from co-delivering a training program for new CoP coordinators in a global company. It was a great …

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Make it explicit when…

Posted by  Mark Schenk —March 13, 2007
Filed in Collaboration

The following four conditions are cited as factors that communities of practice might consider in deciding whether something should be made explicit: it is relatively …

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Three dimensions of story

Posted by  Mark Schenk —March 2, 2007
Filed in Business storytelling

Several weeks ago, while preparing a presentation on the use of story in organisations. I came up with quite a long list of ways story is …

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Simple idea for improving knowledge sharing

Posted by  Mark Schenk —February 24, 2007
Filed in Collaboration

A simple tip last night from the actKM discussion list contributed by Ivan Webb who provides a ‘strategic job description’… …that will change the culture …

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Driving the Mars Rover

Posted by  Mark Schenk —February 17, 2007
Filed in Business storytelling, Collaboration

I just read with interest an article in the NASA ASK Magazine about training new teams to operate the two Mars rovers, Opportunity and Spirit. The …

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A great place to open space

Posted by  Mark Schenk —February 10, 2007
Filed in Anecdotes, News

I spent the past few days facilitating an event at the Mountain Heritage Resort at Katoomba, in the Blue Mountains outside Sydney. It is a great …

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The power of ordinary practices

Posted by  Mark Schenk —January 10, 2007
Filed in Anecdotes

An article titled ‘The power of ordinary practices’ was the seventh ‘most read’ of Harvard Business School’s Working Knowledge articles for 2006. The articles includes …

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