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Anecdote’s will be checked and re-checked
Expect any anecdote you tell to be tested and retested, especially if you are a politician. Barrack Obama is a storyteller par excellence and so …
Read MoreKnowledge management lessons
As the co-ordinator of the SIKMLeaders community of practice, Stan Garfield asked the community members this question: “If you were invited to give a keynote …
Read MoreEveryone has a story…
…is the byline of Smith, an online storytelling community that provides a space to read, write, and share stories. Just over twelve months ago they …
Read MoreWhy is presentation important?
There are probably a 100 reasons why presentation is important. But a laundry list of reasons won’t get the point across as effectively as a …
Read MoreBHP Billiton axes its Knowledge Networks
BHP Billiton axed their division called Operational Excellence last year. This was the group that, among other services, supported the organisations Knowledge Networks (also called …
Read MoreWorld Trade Center and emergency services mis-coordination
One tragic example [of mis-coordination] is recounted in Peter Denning’s article about HFN [hastily formed networks], in which he describes analysis of the disaster response …
Read MoreThe role of a story in lessons learning
Chris Collison is pondering the usefulness of the Kolb learning cycle as the basis for many of the lessons learning activities organisations conduct. I agree …
Read MoreWhy sensemaking is vital
I was listening to Melvyn Bragg’s radio program, In Our Time , this morning on my iPod. The topic was Albert Camus. In discussing his …
Read MoreThoughts to actions
The best thing we could do for ourselves is reflect on the way we think. I read that in a book once (as a wisdom …
Read MoreThe Beams of New College, Oxford
Another find from the filing cabinet clean up. This time an anecdote from Stewart Brand’s How Buildings Learn. This story was recorded by Brand from …
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