Archive for 'Story as knowledge management'
Change-ability Tip #22: Utilize the Power of Conversation
Most of us have personally experienced the benefits of talking through a problem with a trusted friend or colleague. Active listening can provide a safe haven for the speaker to articulate perceptions, fears, and potential responses to change. In the same way that writing about an issue can clarify feelings and facts, describing a situation [...]
Posted: August 20th, 2009 under 50 Ways to be resilient, Change-ability Tip, Communication, Conversation, Knowledge management (KM), Listening, Resilience, Story as knowledge management.
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The “storytelling method” of learning new material
Cal Newport is a PhD student at MIT and author of two books: How to Become a Straight-A Student: The Unconventional Strategies Real College Students Use to Score High While Studying Less and How to Win at College: Surprising Secrets for Success from the Country’s Top Students.
He also has a fascinating blog called Study Hacks: [...]
Posted: September 7th, 2008 under Learning techniques, Story as knowledge management, Use of story.
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That happened to me once …
Long-term employees, regardless of their job title, become “walking encyclopedias” of organizational information, job tips, short-cuts, political/personal hot potatoes to avoid, historical alliances, technology trial and error, and understanding of how and why things are as they are. When these workers leave an organization, a critical piece of history leaves with them. Losing tacit knowledge [...]
Posted: February 12th, 2008 under Presenting your personal story, Story as knowledge management, Story in business, Uncategorized, Use of story.
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