Imagine my surprise that one of the very special, unique and brilliant people that I have met during my career turns out to be responsible for using storytelling in a very unusual setting--the Federal Government, no less! I met Dr. Edward Hoffman in the early 90's when working on revising the Department of Energy's Project Management curriculum. Storytelling as a method of knowledge management is not only a novel way of capturing and sharing relevant information; it is also budget friendly. Again, it is a way for more experienced leaders within a specific community to assist a new generation, to give them knowledge and information they may need to avoid costly errors, to lead by their actions and their words, to INSPIRE!
Go to http://www.edutechltd.com/pdf/impact_storytelling.pdf to read more about how NASA and Dr. Edward Hoffman and Dr. Alexander Laufer built a knowledge-sharing community among Project Managers within NASA. If you know of more recent applications of storytelling (for a positive purpose)within the Federal Government or your agency, by all means share them with us!
