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How to get the best out of training
David Maister has posted a list of things organisations should do to get the most from their training efforts. Here are two points which I’ve …
Read MoreOur new courses page
Over the last week or so we’ve been working on our Anecdote Courses page on the website. Please take a look and we would love …
Read MoreStories, ROI and communities of practice
Steve Denning has compiled some of his recent posts on list-servs like com-prac and made the compilation available on his website. He covers the following …
Read MoreLast day for early birds
Just a reminder that tomorrow is the last day for the early bird price for Starting and Sustaining Communities of Practice workshop. Either fax your …
Read MoreData, Information, Knowledge: a sensemaking perspective
The relationship among data, information and knowledge is often depicted as a pyramid. With data at the base, it’s converted to information and information converted …
Read MoreThe 1st Annual Symposium on Meaning Making in Organisations
Mark, Andrew and I spent Monday and Tuesday at the Australian National University’s Symposium on Meaning Making in Organisations. The event was organised by Paul …
Read MoreLessons from MySpace on getting communities established
Aber Whitcomb, CTO for MySpace, revealed to Robert Scoble some of the secrets behind MySpace’s popularity. They sound similar to the advise one might give to anyone starting a …
Read MoreHow social indicators influence our choices
Just a few weeks ago I was wondering, “What’s Duncan Watts up to these days?” Duncan wrote a terrific book called Six Degrees and re-investigated Stanley Milgram’s famous …
Read MoreCartoon caption contest
The New Yorker is having its yearly cartoon caption contest. I noticed that anyone outside the US is uninvited so I thought we could have …
Read MoreObservation: leaving things to the last minute
Have you noticed that people seemed to leave more and more things to the last minute? There are some good reasons for a decision-delaying strategy. …
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