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• 2014-08-17

  Dialogue, deliberation, and stories

  Now that the (first) book is finally done, I’ve been starting to pick up my head and look around me at what the rest of the world has been up to. One of my book-finishing cheerleaders (thank goodness for these people) brought my attention to the US-based National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation, and to Read more

• 2013-08-27

  Getting to priceless (the Mistake Bank book)

  I’d like to start this post by owning up to a mistake. When John Caddell published his excellent book The Mistake Bank a few months back, I promised him I would post a comprehensive review here and on amazon.com. But my level of frustration at my own book being really and truly nearly done led Read more

• 2013-01-22

  The Mistake Bank book

  Hey everybody, John Caddell’s Mistake Bank project, about which I’ve written here before, has swung into high gear in the final days of getting it out as an awesome book, with a Kickstarter campaign. Drop everything and go get your advance copy! The book is called The Mistake Bank: How to Succeed by Forgiving Your Read more

• 2011-05-16

  Podcast on stories in software development and IT

  The podcast interview I mentioned in a recent post on stories about definitions of story is out, so if you like listening more than reading here’s your chance to hear me get way too excited talking about story work in relation to software development and information technology. It’s on Tom Cagley’s Software Process and Measurement Read more

• 2010-09-16

  George Williams

  I was saddened today to hear that George Williams had recently passed away. George was one of my advisors at Stony Brook and a big influence on me. When I say I’m a slow thinker and proud of it, I always think of George. I used to sit with him in his office, pose questions, 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