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Connector heuristics
Malcolm Gladwell’s post on a quick and dirty way of picking winning NBA Knicks teams got me thinking about other helpful heuristics. In particular I …
Read MoreBuilding trust and rapport in Anecdote circles
There are many ingredients which make a successful anecdote circle, but one that eclipses all others is the level of trust that can be fostered …
Read MoreAnecdote circles
An anecdote circle resembles a focus group except it’s designed to elicit people’s stories—their real life experiences—rather than opinions. The role of the anecdote facilitator …
Read MoreIts not about right or wrong..
We collected an anecdote and used it in a document, and the document came to the attention of senior management. We were advised that the …
Read MoreUsing comics to capture and make sense of stories
Here at Anecdote we mostly capture stories using anecdote circles recording what’s said on digital audio. But this is not the only way for people to …
Read MoreMost Significant Change
Most Significant Change is a narrative-based evaluation technique that has been used extensively in program evaluation in social change applications. Shawn and I had an enjoyable …
Read MoreNarrative reveals values in action
During the course of 2005 we ran many narrative projects on a range of topics including project evaluation, occupational health and safety, trust, change management and …
Read MoreEmployment Today has published our paper on narrative
Employment Today has published our paper called Telling Tales which is a version of Using Stories to Size up a Situation. This paper is primarily about …
Read MoreCollecting stories to build a World Trade Center memorial
BL Ochman has alerted me to this excellent initiative. The World Trade Center Memorial Foundation is collecting stories about 9/11. I guess we all remember …
Read MoreNarrative and Change Management Whitepaper now available online
I recently announced our new whitepaper entitled Avoiding change management failure using business narrative. I’ve now posted it on our site. Would love to hear …
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