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How to spot an oral story

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —October 13, 2013
Filed in Business storytelling

The ability to spot an oral story is THE key to effective story-work. You only get the benefits of storytelling if you’re telling a story. …

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To John Hagel: please don’t take story out of corporate narrative

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —October 9, 2013
Filed in Business storytelling, Strategy

John Hagel is a highly influential business thought leader. He heads up a think tank for Deloitte Touche in the USA and has written some …

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Tell better business stories by resisting the urge to write them down in full

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —September 29, 2013
Filed in Business storytelling

When leaders first learn about business storytelling quite often their first instinct is to write their stories down, in full with all the flourish they …

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7 practical business storytelling tips

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —September 1, 2013
Filed in Business storytelling

The art of business storytelling is all about practice. Here are seven practical things you can do to improve your business storytelling. Never mention the …

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How business stories emerge and become good ones to tell

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —August 28, 2013
Filed in Anecdotes, Business storytelling

Ric Holland is the CEO of Melbourne City Mission. MCM has a long history in Melbourne being established at the time of the gold rush …

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3 places to find great storytelling for business examples

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —August 23, 2013
Filed in Business storytelling

Yesterday my sister called and said, “I have an idea for a book you should write. Why don’t you collect a bunch of stories that …

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Releasing Insight in your organisation through the power of story

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —August 12, 2013
Filed in Business storytelling

In September 2011, Gary Klein, Patrick Lambe and I ran a workshop in Singapore exploring how insight and story work together to release insight in …

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Stories don’t need conflict and resolution, or a hero for that matter

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —July 30, 2013
Filed in Business storytelling

It seems that everyone is giving advice about stories and storytelling these days. And it irks me every time I hear a story ‘expert’ say …

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How to embed company values with systematic stories

What do your organisational values actually mean? Do you have a list of 4, 5, 6 one-word, abstract concepts such as integrity, responsive and agile …

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How to get all your executive team on the same page with your strategy

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —July 24, 2013
Filed in Business storytelling, Leadership Posts, Strategy

Have you ever had that feeling that your executive team is all saying they understand and support the strategy but you sense that they are …

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