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Finding and amplifying a sense of direction—directional stories
This week I have been talking to people about foundational stories and how they are important for reinforcing the core vales and direction for everyone …
Read MoreRoss Dawson’s Web 2.0 Framework
It’s important for businesses to keep an eye on what’s happening on the web as so many new business models are emerging every day. Ross …
Read MoreThe Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation’s Story Guide in now online
Great news. The Story Guide: Building Bridges Using Narrative Techniques is now available online. Our reader, Jon Revelos, just posted the link today as a …
Read MoreKnowledge strategy – from the bottom up
For a few months now I have been proposing a new way to do knowledge strategy that involves everyone in the organisation. There are three …
Read MoreOrganisations not really doing Most Significant Change—the selection process
Yesterday I discovered another large organisation who think they are using the Most Significant Change technique to evaluate their programs but they don’t …
Read MoreStaff induction – it’s just learning
The way you enter an organisation has a big impact on how you perceive the place you work. The recruitment process (really part of staff …
Read MoreYou can’t predict anything
Chris Anderson has listed his 5 top business books and I was struck by this explanation of why you must read Fooled by Randomness: The …
Read MoreStories of the past reflect what’s happening today
Les Posen sent me this article (“This Is Your Life (and How You Tell It)” by Benedict Carey) from the New York Times (might require …
Read MoreHow Gehry designs—the full story
On the recommendation of Johnnie Moore, I read A Perfect Mess by Eric Abrahamson and David Freedman. I was really looking forward to this book …
Read More10,000 hours to mastery
Just watched Malcolm Gladwell give a talk to the New Yorker Conference—2012: Stories From the Near Future (lots of interesting videos to watch). The topic …
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