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Connected futures: New social strategies and tools for communities of practice

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —April 6, 2008
Filed in Collaboration

If you are interested in establishing and fostering communities of practice, and in particular are keen to understand the role social technologies such as blogs, …

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Building a collaboration capability – the quick quiz

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —April 5, 2008
Filed in Collaboration

A while back we talked about three types of collaboration: team, community and network. So here’s a quick quiz to help you understand just how …

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Craftsmanship

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —April 4, 2008
Filed in Collaboration

Every good craftsman conducts a dialogue between concrete practices and thinking; this dialogue evolves into sustaining habits, the these habits establish a rhythm between problem …

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Jumpstart storytelling – creating the conditions for collaboration

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —April 1, 2008
Filed in Business storytelling, Collaboration

When we start on a major change project we will often run a number of workshops with the leadership team to really get them to …

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Stories make the best rides

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —March 27, 2008
Filed in Business storytelling

Yesterday my family and I spent the day at Movie World. At the end of the day we went to an Irish pub for dinner …

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Shawn has opened up his Twitter

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —March 21, 2008
Filed in Collaboration

I’ve decided to open up my Twitter so anyone can follow my tiny tweets. Before I only let the Anecdote team follow alog but I …

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Grasping the truth requires more than science

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —March 19, 2008
Filed in Communication

I’ve just started to read Otto Scharmer’s book, Theory U, and this passage grabbed my attention. Twenty-three hundred years ago Aristotle. arguably the greatest pioneer …

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How stories create culture

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —March 17, 2008
Filed in Business storytelling

It’s said that stories create cultures; they propagate the assumptions and beliefs throughout the group in question. But it is specifically stories that create culture …

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Being healthy in Canberra

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —March 12, 2008
Filed in Collaboration, Events

One of our dear friends, Amanda Horne, is on a mission to improve the well being of Canberra residents. As a Canberran now living in …

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KM Australia is coming

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —March 12, 2008
Filed in Strategy

This year I will be speaking at KM Australia in two capacities: running a workshop on knowledge strategy, and speaking with Greg Marsh from BAE …

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