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One of the key challenges in starting a community of practice is to find the right domain – the topic that people are passionate enough …

People vote for politicians based on the emotions they generate not the intellectual merits of their policies.1 And emotion is generated by the stories we …

Here’s a piece in the Sydney Morning Herald making the case for storytelling as a key factor in Kevin Rudd’s success. Kevin Rudd’s campaign was …

We have long advocated the importance of action over analysis in both our knowledge strategy and community of practice work and I blogged about the …

I’m often asked, “What happens if the story is untruthful? Wont that skew the participant’s viewpoint?” Robert McKee makes this paradoxical observation which you might …

Stories are created in organisations whenever something remarkable happens, and people love to remark on how leaders react under pressure because the way anyone reacts …

Mark and I love speaking to audiences of all shapes and sizes and we have had the privilege over the years to give seminars and …

There are many ways to encourage collaboration in an organization. Using Web 2.0 tools is a great way to start a collaborative discussion in under …

I was waiting for a flight the other day and I happened to catch 5 minutes of a surfing documentary featuring Kelly Slater, 8 times …

Larry Lessig has a presentation style named after him. You guessed it, the Lessig Method. Professor Lessig is a copyright expert and champion of creative …