Archive for the ‘Communication’ Category

A powerful intervention: Silence

Posted by  Andrew Rixon —September 28, 2005
Filed in Communication

When I first saw Brian Bainbridge run an Open Space Technology workshop I was impressed most by his use of silence. I know that in …

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Sick of boring conferences? Maybe creating new stories can help

Posted by  Andrew Rixon —September 26, 2005
Filed in Communication

Earlier this year Johnnie Moore put together an interesting podcast on Unconferencing, asking the question of how can we get away from unsatisfying and boring conferences? I just heard a …

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Using photos to jog memories

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —September 14, 2005
Filed in Communication

It seems everyone has a mobile phone with a camera in it these days. And digital cameras are as common as blades of grass on …

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The problems with a dotmocracy

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —August 31, 2005
Filed in Business storytelling, Communication

Have you ever used the technique we call a ‘dotmocracy’ to get a group to prioritise a set of ideas/initiatives/actions? Each person is given five …

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The smackdown model for learning makes sense

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —August 17, 2005
Filed in Communication

Kathy Sierra’s smackdown model for learning made me smile AND nod—what a great idea. I agree, we should be presenting multiple views rather than insisting there is …

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Barriers and attractors – the practicalities of words

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —July 8, 2005
Filed in Communication

I’ve had the good fortune to work with Dave Snowden and Cynthia Kurtz at IBM while we were developing approaches to designing interventions using barriers and …

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The role of metaphor in building an online community

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —June 22, 2005
Filed in Communication

Nancy White pointed me to this excellent post by Kathy Sierra which describes how the online community, javaranch, was built on the principle of members …

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Businessweek is trumpeting blogs for business

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —April 23, 2005
Filed in Communication

There is a gradual awakening to how blogs might be used in business. Here is an article in Businessweek which provides a hosts of interesting …

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How to identify a wicked (read complex) problem

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —April 22, 2005
Filed in Communication

Bill Godfrey has found, what I think is, a good list to help know whether you are dealing with a wicked (ie. complex) problem: The …

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Finding good blogs is a social phenomena

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —April 20, 2005
Filed in Communication

Finding good blogs is difficult. It is much like finding new friends when you move to a new city: it takes time and effort. Today …

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