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More on balancing narrative and data

Posted by  Andrew Rixon —December 9, 2005
Filed in Business storytelling

Nancy White recently made the observation: I keep thinking about the role of stories. When we say “tell a story” it has a certain tone …

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Being open to communication

Posted by  Andrew Rixon —December 8, 2005
Filed in Communication

I recently came across this quote in Steve Dennings “The leaders guide to storytelling”: “To be understood is to be open to understanding.” And, thanks …

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Humour is a powerful narrative approach

Posted by  Andrew Rixon —December 8, 2005
Filed in Fun

Having a read through complex knowledge I came across this interesting quote: “As Koestler has shown, humour is built on ‘bisociation’ – the ability to mentally and …

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Story for sustainable leadership

Posted by  Andrew Rixon —December 6, 2005
Filed in Collaboration

In a past post I raised a point about the difference between fox and hedgehog thinkers and how the way we think can have a …

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So when did process become a dirty word

Posted by  Andrew Rixon —December 4, 2005
Filed in Communication

In a past post I raised an issue with the word ‘facilitation’ calling it a fat word. A comment of Nancy White’s got me thinking when …

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Make your blog reading easier

Posted by  Andrew Rixon —December 4, 2005
Filed in News

If you’re a keen blog reader you might want to consider using a blogreader tool like bloglines. I find it certainly makes it easy to keep all …

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To deal with complexity, keep it simple and make it fun

Posted by  Andrew Rixon —December 2, 2005
Filed in Collaboration

This post from Kathy Sierra on Never underestimate the power of fun really resonates. Earlier this year I completed what was an 8 month long Delphi project investigating …

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A quick primer on Social Network Analysis

Posted by  Andrew Rixon —December 2, 2005
Filed in Communication

Given that I’m right in the middle of a social network analysis, I thought I’d throw together a very quick, very brief primer on Social …

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We’re unique!

Posted by  Andrew Rixon —December 1, 2005
Filed in News

It’s always great to find out you’re unique. Often I find out that I’m unique in ways that, maybe, I’m not sure I want to …

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Making better decisions in a complex world

Posted by  Andrew Rixon —November 27, 2005
Filed in Communication

A business that’s a hedgehog could go good to great, but a business full of hedgehogs could be a disaster. At least, that’s what I’m …

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