{"id":175,"date":"2004-03-22T12:25:25","date_gmt":"2004-03-22T19:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smallchangenews.org\/wordpress\/?p=175"},"modified":"2004-03-22T12:25:25","modified_gmt":"2004-03-22T19:25:25","slug":"once-upon-a-time-in-an-organization-very-much-like-this-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michaelherman.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2004\/03\/22\/once-upon-a-time-in-an-organization-very-much-like-this-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Once upon a time, in an organization very much like <i>this<\/i> one&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--107997992542897391--><\/p>\n<p>The business case for storytelling, from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elearningpost.com\/\">elearningpost<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brewedfreshdaily.com\/\">BrewedFreshDaily<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Doc Searls has written an excellent <a href=\"http:\/\/doc.weblogs.com\/2001\/06\/06#releaseEarlyReleaseOften\">piece<\/a> on why weblogs will succeed where traditional knowledge management has failed. His explanation ties in with what we <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elearningpost.com\/features\/archives\/002085.asp\">observed<\/a> couple of years ago: weblogs are personal stories that embody tacit knowledge. Doc puts it nicely: &#8220;they are about sharing and growing what we know and what we can tell.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A similar case would suggest that the active and conscious practice of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalchicago.net\/wiki\/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceTech\">OpenSpaceTech<\/a>, 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 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalchicago.net\/wiki\/wiki.cgi?InvitingOrganizationEmerges\">InvitingOrganizationEmerges<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Some other good bits on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalchicago.net\/wiki\/wiki.cgi?OrganizationAsNarrative\">OrganizationAsNarrative<\/a> (storytelling) are posted in the wiki.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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: &#8220;they are about sharing &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.michaelherman.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2004\/03\/22\/once-upon-a-time-in-an-organization-very-much-like-this-one\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Once upon a time, in an organization very much like <i>this<\/i> one&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88889,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[52],"class_list":["post-175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellany","tag-miscellany"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelherman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelherman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelherman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelherman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/88889"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelherman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelherman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelherman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelherman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelherman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}