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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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Collaboration consulting—fostering a collaboration culture

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —March 9, 2008
Filed in Collaboration

Have you invested in the latest and greatest in collaboration technology but still feel people are still not collaborating? How many Microsoft Sharepoint servers and …

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Anecdotally is here

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —March 7, 2008
Filed in News

Over the years we have built a good following for our monthly newsletter (over 2,000 readers and growing) and today we are re-launching it with …

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Metaphors—Dangerous Undertaking

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —March 2, 2008
Filed in Business storytelling

My friend, Alison Spencer, suggested I get a copy of James Harlow Brown’s book, Dangerous Undertaken, and I have to say it’s been one of …

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An anecdote’s point of view

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —February 28, 2008
Filed in Anecdotes, Business storytelling

Ford Harding has just posted two versions of the same anecdote. The first paints the consultant as the hero while the second focuses on the …

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