Admitting to difficult choices
by Tony Quinlan on Dec 4, 2009 12:29:41 PM
A recent conversation came round to an interesting communications point. A really important one, although it looks a bit pedantic:
Leeds Castle Leadership - the communications piece
by Tony Quinlan on Nov 12, 2009 6:30:28 PM
Thanks to everyone at the Leeds Castle leadership event today - a whistle-stop challenge on communications, with an abbreviated Anecdote Circle thrown in. At the break a few of us were talking about The Future, Backwards and, naturally, I recommended Gary Klein's Sources of Power.
The family stories, the family myths and Faure's Requiem
by Tony Quinlan on Nov 2, 2009 4:38:51 PM
Spent last night at Merton College, Oxford, for a beautifully performed memorial service, with Faure's Requiem. The annual service for Mertonians who had died in the past year. My father and both of his brothers had gone to Merton - and two of them had died this year. The choir and mu …
Playing with SenseMakerTM
by Tony Quinlan on Oct 7, 2009 10:58:15 PM
On Monday this week, I spent the day with four smart people playing with Cognitive Edge's SenseMaker software and a collection of just over 1500 stories. What was most encouraging was that, up to that point, most of us had used it and looked at material and wondered why we didn't get …
KCUK - Building a change management strategy
by Tony Quinlan on Jul 10, 2008 11:21:00 AM
Thanks to everyone who participated in last week's workshop at the KCUK conference. Various odds and sods off the back of the session:
Boxing up complex concepts
by Tony Quinlan on Jan 7, 2008 1:15:00 PM
Narratives and story in organisations Tomorrow should see the publication of Melcrum’s Practitioner’s Guide to Employee Engagement – in which I’ve contributed the chapter on using stories and narrative. It’s been an interesting experience – having abandoned the attempt to fit a gallon …
Keeping jargon at bay
by Tony Quinlan on Nov 26, 2007 6:45:00 PM
Nice piece in the FT last week that reflects a change that I’ve experienced directly in communications over the past two decades. Currently there’s a move to making organisational communications intelligible and interesting. It’s still not common, but getting better. My favourite from …
Masterclass – Change Management in the Public Sector – 6th December 2007
by Tony Quinlan on Nov 14, 2007 8:30:00 PM
Just a brief note to let you know that we’re managing to squeeze in one last masterclass in 2007. It’ll be in London on 6th December, with details available from Ark Group at the following link:
Internal communications conference references
by Tony Quinlan on May 11, 2007 3:30:00 PM
As promised, here are the various references from yesterday’s presentation at the internal communications conference: