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Squidoo lenses for Anecdote

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —June 3, 2006
Filed in Communication, News

Seth Godin put it nicely when he said that blogs are like watching a movie, if you are not there from the beginning it can …

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Stories about Melbourne knowledge management

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —June 3, 2006
Filed in Business storytelling

I’m on the hunt for stories about knowledge management activities that are happening in Melbourne. Why? Because I’m on the organising committee for Melbourne KM …

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Knowledge sharing

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —June 2, 2006
Filed in Communication

Patrick Lambe over at Green Chameleon has written an interesting post which is half critique and half reflection. After getting down about a paper he …

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What are knowledge behaviours?

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —May 30, 2006
Filed in Employee Engagement

I’ve been asked by a client to propose a way to help embed knowledge behaviours. My approach will consist of creating situations where the organisation’s staff …

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Abundance

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —May 29, 2006
Filed in Fun

This clip sums up how crazy things are getting,

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Designing interventions requires new perspectives

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —May 28, 2006
Filed in Anecdotes, Culture

Designing interventions for complex environments requires the designers to see new patterns. Before I elaborate on this idea here is a story Steve Denning told …

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Some findings from a recent paper about the online community: ActKM

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —May 27, 2006
Filed in Collaboration

Trish Milne and I had one of our papers recently published in the Journal of Knowledge Management entitled, ActKM: the story of a community. Here …

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What Dave Snowden is reading

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —May 27, 2006
Filed in News

I always like to hear what Dave is reading; he seems to pick up the most interesting books. The Cognitive Edge website (still under development) now …

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Management advice: which 90% is crap

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —May 26, 2006
Filed in Leadership Posts

I enjoy reading Bob Sutton’s work. He seems like a no nonsense sort of guy who is not trying to baffle you with BS. Bob …

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More reasons to develop a whole new mind

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —May 24, 2006
Filed in Culture

In March this year I introduced you to A Whole New Mind. Daniel Pink’s argument goes something like this: jobs which can be done anywhere …

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