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!
The primary challenge of project management is to achieve all of the project goals and objectives while honoring the preconceived project constraints. Typical constraints are scope, time, and budget. The secondary—and more ambitious—challenge is to optimize the allocation and integration of inputs necessary to meet pre-defined objectives.
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