Once upon a time, in an organization very much like this one…

The business case for storytelling, from elearningpost via BrewedFreshDaily:

Doc Searls has written an excellent piece on why weblogs will succeed where traditional knowledge management has failed. His explanation ties in with what we observed couple of years ago: weblogs are personal stories that embody tacit knowledge. Doc puts it nicely: “they are about sharing and growing what we know and what we can tell.”

A similar case would suggest that the active and conscious practice of OpenSpaceTech, invitation, and spontaneous organization will succeed when command, control and planned organization lose traction. Doc Searls also uses a four-quadrant map that lines up perfectly (if you spin it 90degrees) with the frame in InvitingOrganizationEmerges.

Some other good bits on OrganizationAsNarrative (storytelling) are posted in the wiki.

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