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Stories 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 MoreMore on sensemaking
We recently blogged about the benefits of making sense of stories. Last week we needed to explain to a client why participation in the sensemaking …
Read MoreOur information diets are killing us
I have just finished marking a bunch of assignments. Not surprising the topic was narrative techniques in knowledge management. The students are masters level and …
Read MoreLearning about Cynefin and Cognitive Edge tools in Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra (Australia)
Many of you might not know that I got my start in business narrative working with Dave Snowden in IBM’s Cynefin Centre in the late …
Read MoreRedundancy in storytelling
I found a new blog this morning and while it’s a newie I’m hoping it will have some more good posts like this one about …
Read MoreStories of failure
Ford Harding over at Harding & Company has written a blog with some anecdotes of his and others failures under the title of sadder and wiser. …
Read MoreMaking sense of stories
A couple of weeks ago I was helping to run a management development program. It was based on the collection and interpretation of stories of good …
Read MoreCorporate or business anthropologist?
People are intrigued by the work we do at Anecdote. When they hear how we use stories in a business setting they often mistakenly think …
Read MoreSystematically seeking the other viewpoint
I was pulled up short last week. A new book arrived from Amazon called Punished by Rewards by Alfie Kohn and I was delighted to …
Read MoreWhy managers shun management books
Have you ever noticed that experienced managers rarely read management books? At first I though this might be because they don’t have the time or …
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