Archive for the ‘Business storytelling’ Category

Anecdote newsletter February 2007

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —February 19, 2007
Filed in Business storytelling

This newsletter was sent to our subscribers a week ago. If you would like to receive this information with all the other of our newsletter subscribers, …

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Driving the Mars Rover

Posted by  Mark Schenk —February 17, 2007
Filed in Business storytelling, Collaboration

I just read with interest an article in the NASA ASK Magazine about training new teams to operate the two Mars rovers, Opportunity and Spirit. The …

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Finding success stories

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —February 14, 2007
Filed in Anecdotes, Business storytelling

Have you ever been asked to find success stories and been unsure where to start? Done well success stories slide effortlessly from one teller to the …

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Where are we at with Zahmoo?

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —February 13, 2007
Filed in Business storytelling

You might be wondering what is happening with Zahmoo? The main reason for the delay is our busy lives at Anecdote. Zahmoo is a labour …

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Truth or verisimilitude in story work

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —February 13, 2007
Filed in Business storytelling

The Master gave his teaching in parables and stories which his disciples listened to with pleasure – and occasional frustration, for they longed for something …

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Some more words to elicit stories

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —February 2, 2007
Filed in Business storytelling

Last month I listed 10 questions you might use to help people recall their experiences (stories). I was chatting to Paul Atkins (executive coach and …

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Organisational stories

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —January 28, 2007
Filed in Anecdotes, Business storytelling

A friend of a friend of our is a frequent business traveller. Let’s call him Dave. Dave was recently in Atlantic City for an important …

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The difference between a sound argument and a good story

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —January 21, 2007
Filed in Business storytelling

I spent a couple of hours today tracking down some papers for a course I’m helping to teach at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University on …

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Narrative for Business Workshops in the USA

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —January 18, 2007
Filed in Business storytelling, Events

Update: referral bonus for bloggers. See below. We are pleased to announce that we’re running two narrative techniques workshops in the USA at Seattle and …

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Stop trying to solve the problem

Posted by  Mark Schenk —January 3, 2007
Filed in Business storytelling, Culture

Early last year Shawn and I delivered a workshop on narrative techniques in Hong Kong for a group of Masters students who were engaged in …

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