Seth Kahan

Innovation: Interview with Etienne Wenger – Engagement, Identity & Innovation

Published in The Journal of Association Leadership, March 2004 and including commentary by Jeff De Cagna More and more organizations are realizing that creating community is something that executives must address strategically and thoughtfully. The association ecosystem is a series of complex relationships between different types of communities. Because of this, association leaders are beginning […]

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Innovation: What Futures are Calling to You?

Seth is a motivational speaker and keynote speaker. He uses storytelling and communication exercises to help build strong business communities and ignite positive organizational change. INTRODUCTION & TEMPLATE Here is the framework I use to help my clients explore possible futures. I have successfully used it to do long-range strategic planning with organizations that include

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Culture: 5 Guidelines for Cultivating a Culture of Collaboration

Many organizations suffer from a rigid focus on work, excluding the basic human needs of autonomy and interaction with others. Creating a culture of collaboration immediately addresses this, instantly resulting in performance improvement and increased morale. Collaborative cultures make it easy for people to come together and move apart. Contrary to popular thought, they do

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Culture: Bringing Us Back to Life: Storytelling & the Modern Organization

Seth is a motivational speaker and keynote speaker. He uses storytelling and communication exercises to help build strong business communities and ignite positive organizational change. Article first published in Information Outlook, May 2001 What Does Storytelling Have to Do With Business? When I tell people that I use storytelling in my job, I usually receive

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Culture: Building Community at Work

Seth is a motivational speaker and keynote speaker. He uses storytelling and communication exercises to help build strong business communities and ignite positive organizational change. Article first published in Executive Update, October 2001 Traditional management makes it challenging for people to work across organizational boundaries, share knowledge, and understand – let alone address – the

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Culture: Collective Intelligence

Seth is a motivational speaker and keynote speaker. He uses storytelling and communication exercises to help build strong business communities and ignite positive organizational change. Collective Intelligence is the synergy that takes place when a group’s know-how exceeds the sum total of individual contributions. The old business model has changed. Businesses recognize that their chief

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Culture: Core Concepts in Organizational Communications

Home » Free Resources » Culture: Core Concepts in Organizational Communications Seth is a motivational speaker and keynote speaker. He uses storytelling and communication exercises to help build strong business communities and ignite positive organizational change. Develop a communications strategy. Your communications must be integrated with your organization’s mission. 1. Know your audiences and speak

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Culture: Encouraging Community

Seth is a motivational speaker and keynote speaker. He uses storytelling and communication exercises to help build strong business communities and ignite positive organizational change. Article first published in Executive Update, January 2004 Community is about collective intelligence. It brings people together in productive ways to share what they cannot learn alone. Community is at

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