March 2010

• 2010-03-17

  Why narrative inquiry?

  The other day somebody asked me for the “top ten” reasons narrative inquiry is preferable to direct questioning. It was an interesting challenge, and this is the result. I’ve grouped the ten reasons into three groups. Human-social aspects of narrative inquiry Social function. People act differently and expect different things when they tell and listen… Read more

• 2010-03-12

  Gems: Studying Those Who Study Us

  Here I begin another series of blog posts, this time on resources I’ve found (mainly books) that have been so useful to my understanding of organizational and community narrative as to call them “gems.” As usual it’s far too long, and again I beg your tolerance. Cases and stories When people start exploring what has… Read more

• 2010-03-05

  Spam, spam, verbs and spam

  Honestly, I don’t know how people do this blogging thing. My thoughts are not blog thoughts. They are not many and short, they are few and long. Every time I try to write a short snappy post it turns into an extended essay. I wonder if blogging can work for all types of thinkers. While… Read more