November 2008 – The Narrative Lab

Live blogging: Justin Cohen

Sonja and are sitting at the Sandton Southern Sun listening to Justin Cohenpresent his preso on storytelling: What's Your Story? I met Justin in myTomorrowToday days and admired his blatant confidence in front of an audience. He is now turning his speaking prowess to punting the power of stories in the public sphere. We're sitting here 'cos we're fascinated by the range of applications of story. From traditional storytelling to business narrative, we see a spectrum of applications and uses of story [...]

By Aiden Choles|November 14th, 2008|Categories: Narrative|Tags: justin cohen, Narrative, narrative spectrum, Story, storytelling|0 Comments

The Etceteras

One of our focus areas is retention, specifically a complex approach to retaining key staff. Many organisations refer to this as "talent management". This is a very hot topic currently, especially in light of great skills shortages here in SA and elsewhere. Although I see the necessity for a retention strategy, but there is a part of me that believes that the whole idea of managing 'talent' creates more problems than it solves. How does one determine which individuals can [...]

By Aiden Choles|November 13th, 2008|Categories: Psychology|Tags: Culture, HR narrative, OD, people, talent management|0 Comments

Aggregators as a measure of pulse

Broadly speaking, the heart of our business is about the gathering of stories (many stories) within organisations so that decision makers can better understand their organisation or problem they are facing. In a sense, we're story-aggregators. Online content aggregators like Afrigator do a great job of funneling African generated web content into one easy-to-use place - that's a semi-official description. But what I think aggregators like Afrigator do, is to funnel stories, and fragments of stories. The challenge with dealing with this many stories [...]

By Aiden Choles|November 12th, 2008|Categories: Narrative|Tags: afrigator, aggregators, Narrative, pulse, stories|0 Comments

Monthly Archives: November 2008

Live blogging: Justin Cohen

The Etceteras

Aggregators as a measure of pulse

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