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The meme of control
Thinking over how pervasive (and problematic?) the notion of control appears to be in organisations I was inspired to write a little piece around it. Here’s …
Read MoreOpen Space Training in Melbourne
Viv McWaters and Brian Bainbridge are running their marvelous Open Space training next week 16th – 18th here in Melbourne. As Viv says: You’ve heard …
Read MoreSNA Sensemaking
Social Network Analysis has spent alot of its evolution and development down in the weeds where the expert has been king. Crunching and analysing. Not …
Read MoreBridges and Hubs in Social Networks
When it comes to Social Network Analysis (SNA) a common practice is to use centrality measures such as Betweenness (Bridgeness), Closeness and Degree. For instance, …
Read MoreOpening our Anecdote Shop
“Whoever said money can’t buy happiness simply didn’t know where to go shopping”. As a patient husband who has trekked around my share of shops …
Read MorePhase changes in social systems
You may have heard of the Forming-Storming-Norming-Performing metaphor for team development. This metaphor provides a lens by which you can view a groups evolution through the …
Read MoreFacilitation for engineers and scientists
It’s interesting how I’ve found myself drawn into discussion lately around the difficulties of facilitating engineers and scientists. If facilitating engineers and scientists is difficult, …
Read MoreSilencing the facilitator – looking at facilitator turn taking
An interesting and thought provoking post by Johnnie Moore on Trust, Control, Power, Silence. I’ve been reflecting a lot on the notion of silence in …
Read More3 big problems for social network analysis
You’ve probably noticed that Social Network Analysis is experiencing a surge in popularity. As a result many organisations are likely to invest significant time, effort …
Read MoreMaking social network analysis more social
There sure is a lot of talk going on about Social Network Analysis. What you probably haven’t heard of however is a Sensemaking approach to Social …
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