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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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Assessing the health of a community of practice using net promoter score

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

It’s a simple idea: if you have more promoters than detractors you can expect your business to thrive. This is the basis of the Net …

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I’m giving a talk on collaboration and your invited

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —January 23, 2009
Filed in Collaboration, News

For years software vendors and consulting firms have been developing SAP software components for NSW government agencies and on-selling the same software to numerous other …

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A fun day at TEDx Melbourne

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —January 18, 2009
Filed in Communication

Yesterday I spend the day with 40+ other TED enthusiasts at Monash Uni watching and discussing TED videos. We believe it was the first independent …

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London workshop update

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —January 15, 2009
Filed in Events

Dates and costs for the London workshops this June have been announced. Check out the workshop details here.

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