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Last days to register for our narrative courses in Canberra and Melbourne

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —February 18, 2008
Filed in Events

Join organisations like IBM, AstraZeneca, National Australia Bank, BHP Billiton, The Treasury and Thiess and register for our Narrative Techniques for Business workshop in Melbourne …

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Questions

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —February 12, 2008
Filed in News

I’ve created a new blog category today called “questions.” I’m planning to use it to capture some of the excellent story eliciting questions I come …

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Good intentions and the ability to apologise go hand-in-hand

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —February 12, 2008
Filed in Collaboration

I caught up with Julie Perrin yesterday. Julie is a storyteller and performer and we got talking about the dangers of spin in teaching people …

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The Medici Effect by Frans Johansson is now free

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —February 9, 2008
Filed in Business storytelling, Communication

The Medici Effect by Frans Johansson is all about innovation, particularly that type of innovation which occurs when two or more different disciplines, mindsets, ways …

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Marshall Goldsmith on balancing technology and other skills

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —February 8, 2008
Filed in Collaboration

I heard Marshall Goldsmith say this on my ipod this morning: “So many people have spent a lifetime for preparing themselves for technological skills yet …

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Business storytelling training in Australia

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —February 6, 2008
Filed in Business storytelling, Events

Regular readers of our blog are well aware of the many storytelling, business narrative and community of practice workshop we run throughout the year. But …

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Developing a Collaboration Capability Requires more than Wishful Thinking

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

The ability to collaborate is becoming an essential capability for innovative organisations (actually, for any organisation). Imagine getting any big project done without collaborating. Here’s …

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Lao Tsu on communities of practice development

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —February 3, 2008
Filed in Collaboration

Here is a poem by Lao Tsu, a Chinese philosopher circa 700 BC. It’s well quoted on the web but it was difficult to find …

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Control Of Anecdote Wrested From Boyfriend

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —February 3, 2008
Filed in Fun

A news item just in from the US. NASHVILLE—In what onlookers described as an epic war for conversational dominance, girlfriend Amy Soisson, 28, clawed, battled, …

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Seven ways to get more from your teleconferences

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —January 31, 2008
Filed in Collaboration

Your teleconference system is one of your most important KM technologies. Here are 7 things a facilitator can do to improve teleconference experience. Encourage everyone …

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