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Jajah may be more useful than Skype

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —April 22, 2006
Filed in News

I discovered today that Daniel Pink writes a column for Yahoo Finance discussing trends. In his latest piece he suggests water will be more valuable …

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The problem with Wayne Gretzky’s puck advice

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —April 22, 2006
Filed in Communication

Last week we were talking about metaphors used in organisations and how they affect they way people think, and act. One popped up which got me …

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The relationship between projects and communities of practice—redux

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —April 21, 2006
Filed in Collaboration

Mark and I thoroughly enjoyed ourselves over the last couple of days delivering our communities of practice workshops. The discussions were excellent. Thanks to all …

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Welcome to the blogosphere – Straits Knowledge

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —April 21, 2006
Filed in News

Patrick, Edgar and Paolina over at Straits Knowledge (in Singapore) has just started a blog (Green Chameleon) and it will be one of my must reads. …

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The role of stories in reasoning

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —April 15, 2006
Filed in Business storytelling

If you are unsure of the power of narratives read the restorative justice story in Malcolm Gladwell’s latest New Yorker piece. The article introduces some …

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Connecting People: How to Foster and Harness Your Organisation’s Connectors

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —April 14, 2006
Filed in Communication

I wrote this article with Stewart Forsyth from FX Consultants. Stewart and I have done a few projects together in New Zealand and it is …

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GAP Forum and increasing links in a social network

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —April 14, 2006
Filed in Communication

I was invited to attend the GAP Forum on Leveraging Networks in Business last week and caught up with some old friends like John Finnigan and …

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Westpac’s use of Cynefin techniques

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —April 14, 2006
Filed in News

As a Cynefin practitioner and a business partner of the Cynefin Centre (soon to be renamed I hear) it is always good to see some …

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Modelling Human Ecosystems with Agents

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —April 7, 2006
Filed in Events

Pascal Perez is running a short course in Canberra I thought you might like to know about. Here are the details: Modelling Human Ecosystems with Agents …

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Some complexity quotes

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —April 3, 2006
Filed in Collaboration

I’m always on the lookout for good quotes. I found these in the forward to Michael Lissack and Johan Roos’ book The Next Common Sense: …

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