Tag Archives: performance

Moving mindsets from “What is” to “What is POSSIBLE”

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Arthur Shelley

“Traditional teaching” is TEACHER and CONTENT focused. This is fine – if you want to win a local pub trivia night, but it is not LEARNING. Learning requires a level of understanding of what the content is about and why … Continue reading →

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Understanding and Mitigating Culture Clash

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Arthur Shelley

Culture is an interesting outcome of people interacting in specific environments and can be difficult to influence. The Organisational Zoo metaphor provides a simple way to understand culture as an outcome of: (i) What animals you have in the zoo … Continue reading →

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Getting started with a new client or opportunity

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Arthur Shelley

In the beginning of any new relationship the key is to show you can create benefits they value and build interactions you each enjoy.  Often the best way to find things they care about and value is to ask a … Continue reading →

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Metaphor to assist knowledge transfer

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Arthur Shelley

Over the last few months I have been involved in a number of workshops using the Organizational Zoo metaphor character cards to engage people in conversations on how behavioural interactions impact knowledge sharing and relationships. These fun interactions draw on … Continue reading →

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Career Path Metaphor

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Arthur Shelley

People often ask me about the origins of the cover image on The Organizational Zoo.   Although it is a LONG story, in short it took several drawings over several months to get the message right.  We wanted to portray the … Continue reading →

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