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Building your analogy repertoire
Collaborative conversations are characterised by people building on each other’s ideas, one idea sparking another. I saw a good example last week while helping a …
Read MoreA mystery story that explains irrational behaviour
Over at the Bumble Bee, Ken Thompson provides an excerpt of Ori Brafman forthcoming book, Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior. It’s a terrific …
Read MoreThe head office pattern
Smart people hate being told what to do. In many of our projects we see the ‘head office pattern’ where HO is seen as a …
Read MoreLost knowledge?
The building in the left foreground of the image is the historic Hyde Park Barracks Museum in Sydney. The building at the back behind the …
Read MoreI know what you are thinking stories
Many business audiences like to hear stories that are directly relevant. So if you are a civil engineer, for example, it’s likely you’re not that …
Read MoreWhat do you notice about these recent books on collaboration?
They are all written by single authors. Is it too difficult to write a book collaboratively? By the way, the first and third books are …
Read MoreWomen’s memories are more speech-filled than men’s
Contrary to popular belief, new research is showing that woman don’t talk more than men (see here and here). They do, however, recall more of …
Read MoreExpertise: talk the talk vs walk the talk
Social scientist, Harry Collins, has spent his career hanging out with gravitational wave physicists and learning to talk like one. Harry’s research is on expertise …
Read MoreNew Whitepaper: Three journeys—A narrative approach to successful organisational change
David Drake (renowned narrative coach) and I have written this white paper to pull together our thinking on how to use our three journeys approach …
Read MoreFinding customer stories
Every organisation has a set of values, most even live by them, but how many have successfully embedded the right behaviours that reflect those values …
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