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Cynefin certification training complete
Michael Jones asked the question on this site, “how one could train someone in Cynefin or certify that the training was successful.” Cynefin certification is …
Read MoreCynefin certification training
I’m off to Sydney tomorrow to conduct the Cynefin certification training with Dave Snowden. This year we are running two streams: one for practitioners and …
Read MoreEliciting stories – the warm up
Eliciting stories from workers relies, in part, on asking good questions. But before people will provide their more personally significant stories they must feel comfortable …
Read MoreStories not atoms
“The universe is made of stories not atoms.” Muriel Rukeyser (1913-1980, poet) – The Speed of Darkness
Read MoreTell it like it is from HR Monthly
HRMonthly have given me permission to make Tell it like it is available online. It was first published in HRMonthly, December 2004. HRMonthly is published …
Read MorePeeling the potatoes
Denham Grey draws attention to Etienne Wenger’s idea that communities of practice can form the centre piece of a knowledge strategy. And then makes the …
Read Morecc or die
I heard the following anecdote the other day: ‘When I arrived I was told I should put every in writing as an email. This didn’t …
Read MoreTelling it like it is
The December issue of HR Monthly has just published a version of my paper on how to use stories to size up a situation.
Read MoreSelecting 5 KM books
Denham Grey suggests 5 books to get you started in KM. I would add Nancy Dixon’s Common Knowledge. Nancy provides a useful way of thinking …
Read MoreAbstract – Community variety from a complexity perspective
Hi Nancy, thanks for your comment. Here is the abstract for the paper. A new framework for communities of practice is required to unite the …
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