Carol RozwellI’ve been simultaneously writing two research notes: one on storytelling for an upcoming hybrid thinking report, and another on virtual environments for the context aware computing report. While the research is not intended to connect the concepts, the more I explore use case examples, the more I have come to appreciate how each techniques can help people in organizations trying to get work done deal with complexity.
Virtual environments put avatars in simulated situations where they act within the context of the story being played out e.g. military personnel on a combat mission or first responders on the scene of an accident. Storytelling creates word pictures that allow the listener to visualize a situation e.g. an experienced technicians describing how they knew a critical part in an expensive piece of machinery was about to malfunction.
I hope we see greater use of both techniques to deal with business complexity in the future.
Category: Uncategorized Tags: Collaboration dynamics, Social networks, Storytelling
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2 Dibyendu De October 13, 2010 at 12:10 am
What you have told is extremely interesting and important. I have been able to marry the two concepts into something very unique. That is use storytelling to bring together people through available social networking platforms in order to bring about the desired change in their workplaces and their thinking patterns in general. So far the experiment is proving to be very exciting with lots of fun. I can now see visible changes in their work and personal lives. And that is satisfying to say the least.
3 Carol Rozwell October 13, 2010 at 5:42 am
Thanks for your comment. I would be interested in learning more about your work.
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