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Complexity based interventions and the role of peer pressure

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —March 8, 2009
Filed in Anecdotes

A few weeks ago my youngest daughter was kidnapped by her school bus driver. Actually it wasn’t just my daughter, it was every child on …

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Building a collaborative workplace – the video

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —March 4, 2009
Filed in Collaboration

I’ve just uploaded the video of the presentation where you will see the embarrassing larger than life size portrait of me in my undies. Please …

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Building a collaborative workplace with stories

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —March 3, 2009
Filed in Collaboration

Here’s my presentation (with audio) that I delivered to the Victorian Public Sector Continuous Improvement Network (VPSCIN) yesterday. Building a collaborative workplace View more presentations …

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Honest signals

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —February 26, 2009
Filed in Collaboration

Alex Pentland is a Professor at MIT. He’s a pioneer in computational social science and Newsweek named him one of the 100 Americans likely to …

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The power of hobbies in building community

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —February 23, 2009
Filed in Anecdotes, Collaboration

On that day when Adelaide’s temperature reached 46.7C I was running a workshop for the spatial modelling and drafting community of practice. Their ritual is …

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KM is change – and how to do it with stories

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —February 21, 2009
Filed in News

Here is my presentation from the Ark KM for the Experienced Practitioner. I have to admit that it probably doesn’t make too much sense without …

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How to segue to a story

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —February 17, 2009
Filed in Business storytelling

When I teach storytelling techniques I’m often asked, “So how do I insert my story into the conversation?” The funny thing is we are all …

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Communities and networks connection

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —February 16, 2009
Filed in Collaboration, News

Tomorrow is the big launch. Nancy White has been toiling away with Tony Karrer to develop a dynamic website that aggregates community and network blogs. …

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Toning up your brain

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —February 8, 2009
Filed in Communication

For years the field of neuroscience, much like the field of management, has been held back by a metaphor: the brain is a computer (machine) …

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Community of practice paper featured in Insightory

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —February 7, 2009
Filed in Collaboration, News

Just to let you know that my paper on tacit knowledge and communities of practice has been featured on insightory.com.

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