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Making sense of sensemaking
Sensemaking is an important part of the business that we do here at Anecdote. We’ve decided that over the next month we’ll blog about it. Maybe …
Read MoreArchetypes a seed for discussion
We had a lot of fun in our Narrative Techniques workshop yesterday. It’s interesting how much discussion and enthusiasm is created when we start working …
Read MoreLessons Learning from Improv
My first blogpost was inspired by Patricia’s Madsons book on Improv Wisdom and it’s relation to business and organisations. It’s great to find John Moore exploring …
Read MoreUsing social networks analysis to show impact
Some time back Chris Corrigan mentioned in his blog how social network mapping could help inform the invitation list for an Open Space event. I have …
Read MoreThe problem with strategic planning
It’s interesting how many organisations do strategic planning and yet how little value is considered to be delivered as a result. In an article called Eight problems …
Read MoreWant to get more things done? Communicate!
It’s interesting (maybe even common-sensical) that a recent poll on http://www.ceoforum.com.au has found that lack of communication is considered a key obstacle to getting things …
Read MoreA powerful intervention: Silence
When I first saw Brian Bainbridge run an Open Space Technology workshop I was impressed most by his use of silence. I know that in …
Read MoreWhat would you like to read more of here on our Blog?
One of things which we do alot of at Anecdote is Listen. Shawn has posted previously that story-telling is just half the story. The other half is …
Read MoreSick of boring conferences? Maybe creating new stories can help
Earlier this year Johnnie Moore put together an interesting podcast on Unconferencing, asking the question of how can we get away from unsatisfying and boring conferences? I just heard a …
Read MoreDon’t Prepare – Just show up!
A great little book which I’ve been working my way through lately is Improv Wisdom . There are some great wisdoms for life in this book, like …
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