Archive for February, 2006

Anecdote circles

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —February 28, 2006
Filed in Business storytelling

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 More

Malcolm Gladwell has a blog

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —February 27, 2006
Filed in News

For those who enjoyed The Tipping Point and Blink you will be pleased to hear Malcolm Gladwell has a blog which will expand on aspects …

Read More

The message is getting out

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —February 27, 2006
Filed in Leadership Posts

I attended the Victorian Public Service Continuous Improvement Network (VPSCIN) seminar today. Peter Jackson, Essendon Football Club’s CEO, delivered an excellent talk on ‘leadership.’ Peter …

Read More

Cynefin software

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —February 23, 2006
Filed in News

Steve Bealing (CEO of Cynefin Software) spent 3 hours with Mark and I yesterday describing the new version of the Cynefin sense-making software. Exciting stuff. …

Read More

Being happy with Not-Knowing

Posted by  Andrew Rixon —February 22, 2006
Filed in Communication, News

If you’re wondering where I’ve been, for the last 2 days at least (the rest is a whole other story), I’ve been at the Australian …

Read More

Research supporting the role of intuition in complex situation

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —February 18, 2006
Filed in Insight

Nature has just reported on research which found people make better decisions by going with their gut if the situation is complex. The evidence is …

Read More

Off to Singapore and Hong Kong

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —February 18, 2006
Filed in News

Mark and I are travelling to Singapore and Hong Kong tomorrow. We have a busy schedule including running a narrative techniques workshop in Hong Kong, …

Read More

The Power of Archetypes in Creating Meaning

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —February 17, 2006
Filed in Anecdotes

My nine year old daughter (she’s now 13) is an avid reader. She loves the Harry Potter series and reads them repeatedly. This voracious appetite for …

Read More

A suggested improvement to social network analysis

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —February 16, 2006
Filed in Culture

I was reflecting on the last social network analysis we did and it occurred to me that the survey response  might be heavily influenced by what was happening just …

Read More

Dynamic equilibrium in a KM program

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —February 14, 2006
Filed in Anecdotes

I started blogging in 2002, first using Radiolands then Blogger. As many Anecdote readers would be unaware of my ordinal posts I thought I would …

Read More