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Businessweek is trumpeting blogs for business

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —April 23, 2005
Filed in Communication

There is a gradual awakening to how blogs might be used in business. Here is an article in Businessweek which provides a hosts of interesting …

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Inviting people to take action

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —April 22, 2005
Filed in Collaboration

Last night I met Brian Bainbridge (one of the pioneers of Open Space) at our monthly Emergence meeting. Our discussion revolved around the issue of what …

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How to identify a wicked (read complex) problem

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —April 22, 2005
Filed in Communication

Bill Godfrey has found, what I think is, a good list to help know whether you are dealing with a wicked (ie. complex) problem: The …

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Finding good blogs is a social phenomena

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —April 20, 2005
Filed in Communication

Finding good blogs is difficult. It is much like finding new friends when you move to a new city: it takes time and effort. Today …

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Podcasting is taking off but when will it make it into organisations?

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —April 19, 2005
Filed in Communication

Today’s Age has a article (requires free subscription) on Podcasting, the audio version of blogging, and suggests its adoption is outpacing its text-based cousin. While the numbers …

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Change Management Monitor

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —April 19, 2005
Filed in News

Welcome to the land of blogging Bill. Bill’s blog (Change Management Monitor) will be an important resource for anyone wishing to keep up with the …

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Spare Parts Puppet Theatre

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —April 18, 2005
Filed in Anecdotes

I spent last week in Fremantle, Western Australia, working with the folks at Spare Parts Puppet Theatre. They are a great bunch who’ve, over the last …

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An important conference for those interested in complexity

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —April 14, 2005
Filed in News

This December, Christchurch, New Zealand, will host the 11th Annual ANZSYS Conference/Managing the Complex V. The theme is, ‘Systems Thinking and Complexity Science: Insights for Action’. Not …

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Why Smart People Have Bad Ideas

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —April 6, 2005
Filed in Collaboration

Paul Graham writes excellent essays. This one caught my attention. That’s the essence of a startup: having brilliant people do work that’s beneath them. Big …

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Storytelling versus storysensemaking

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —April 6, 2005
Filed in Business storytelling

It’s interesting how a word affects what we do. Take ‘storytelling’. This is a hot topic in business and marketing today evidenced by the books …

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