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Dreadful managers
How do they get away with such appalling behaviour? I’ve seen some dreadful displays by managers who seem to revel in the power and forgetting …
Read MoreStorytelling and social media
Jennifer Jones mentions that she has been working with Intel on the social media activities and how storytelling plays an important role in Intel’s success …
Read MoreIntelligence agencies adopting social software
I’m giving a presentation to the Australian Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers (AIPIO) conference in October so I’m keeping my eye out for relevant news …
Read MoreHow to make your workplace more storyable
Story techniques are becoming popular but I do worry that people will become overly focussed on capturing stories with the hope that someone will search …
Read More“Yellow Pages” is a registered trademark of Telstra
Just a warning to everyone out there who is using the term “Yellow Pages” to describe the people directories you might develop to implement knowledge …
Read MoreMooers’ law
I was reading Ambient Findability this morning at breakfast and found this law posited by Calvin Mooers in 1959. An information retrieval system will tend …
Read MoreTacit Knowledge Retention with Communities of Practice
Last year I wrote this short paper arguing that communities of practice were an effective strategy to transfer tacit knowledge. This week we gave the …
Read MoreIBM software – social software for the enterprise
I used to work with Jimmy Kwang at IBM. He was a terrific supporter of the Cynefin Centre and I must say a terrific host. …
Read MoreA short history of Anecdote
On the weekend I created this presentation about how we got started and I describe some of the projects we’ve done. There are five parts. …
Read MoreNaturally incorporating stories in your conversations
Annette Simmons, in her excellent book The Story Factor, warns us from adopting ‘the story voice.’ You know the one. The narrator starts by saying …
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