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Cynefin project – Bank of Thailand

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —January 4, 2005
Filed in Business storytelling

There are relatively few available case studies that document projects using Cynefin techniques. I believe this will be remedied in the near future on the …

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Knowledge management map

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —January 3, 2005
Filed in Insight

One view of the various flavours of knowledge management.

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Updated view on complex system intention

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —January 3, 2005
Filed in Communication

Thanks for your comment Matt. I agree, the diagram does suggest that ‘known’ is a subset of ‘knowable’ etc., and this wasn’t my intent. Here …

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Capturing oral histories

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —January 1, 2005
Filed in Business storytelling

There is a growing interest in capturing employees stories using video or audio. Experienced employees are walking out the door and taking their knowledge with …

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Intention in a complex system

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —December 23, 2004
Filed in Collaboration

For the past four years I’ve used the Cynefin framework to help managers to understand the varied nature of the issues they face and to …

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Malcom Gladwell blinks

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —December 23, 2004
Filed in Communication

A story on Malcolm Gladwell is Fast Company’s cover story. He has a new book out called Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking. It’s …

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A New Kind of Science online

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —December 21, 2004
Filed in News

Stephen Wolfram has made the full text of A New Kind of Science available online. Worth a look.

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Intervention design for complex issues

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —December 17, 2004
Filed in Collaboration

The Cynefin framework can be used to identify complex issues. In this situation, the term ‘complex’ does not necessarily mean that things are ‘complicated’; rather …

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The Melbourne Emergence Meetup

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —December 15, 2004
Filed in Collaboration

We started the Melbourne Emergence Meetup three months ago as an experiment in developing a face to face community of practice. Our aim (apart from …

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Social network analysis redefines expertise location systems

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —December 13, 2004
Filed in Anecdotes

When I joined Lotus in 1999 I was whisked off to Boston to attend pre-release training for a new software product code named ‘Raven’. Raven …

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