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BHP Billiton axes its Knowledge Networks

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

BHP Billiton axed their division called Operational Excellence last year. This was the group that, among other services, supported the organisations Knowledge Networks (also called …

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Etienne Wenger’s Online CoP Workshop

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —January 29, 2008
Filed in Collaboration

Just to let you know that Etienne Wenger and his collaborators at CPSquare are running their 4 week online workshop shortly (starts the 28th of …

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World Trade Center and emergency services mis-coordination

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —January 22, 2008
Filed in Anecdotes, Collaboration

One tragic example [of mis-coordination] is recounted in Peter Denning’s article about HFN [hastily formed networks], in which he describes analysis of the disaster response …

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The role of a story in lessons learning

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —January 22, 2008
Filed in Anecdotes

Chris Collison is pondering the usefulness of the Kolb learning cycle as the basis for many of the lessons learning activities organisations conduct. I agree …

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The Anecdote Team

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —January 21, 2008
Filed in Fun

In case you haven’t seen the faces of Anecdote, here’s our Christmas 07 photo. You can read our short bios or take a look at …

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Masters of Collaboration

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

BusinessWeek picks up on the move to collaboration in the creative and sometimes ego-driven world of product design. “Just as forward-thinking engineering firms have worked …

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Collaboration’s resurgence

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —January 20, 2008
Filed in Collaboration

Everywhere I turn recently and I hear people talking about the need to collaborate as if the idea was new. Why has collaboration become the …

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An exciting storytelling event in Copenhagen – the movie

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

Late last year I teamed up with Madelyn Blair, Terrence Gargiulo, Michael Margolis, Limor Shiponi, and Karen Dietz to start a new community of practice …

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Storytelling, Business Narrative and Community of Practice Workshops

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

2008 marks a busy year for Anecdote and this graphic gives you an idea of our workshop schedule. Storytelling is represented with bears, business narrative …

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Starting a community of practice – fostering relationships

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —January 17, 2008
Filed in Collaboration

In starting any community of practice, the first objective is to help the members recognise the value they will get from being and working together. …

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