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Welcome to our new podcast. Each week Mark and I will introduce a new story you could potentially tell at work, then we will describe why it works.

Oprah Winfrey just gave a powerful speech at the 2018 Golden Globes. Much of the power was derived from the stories she told. Find out how this worked here.

There are many great stories out there that can be used to make business points. But avoid these overused stories, as they can reduce your credibility.

Christmas offers a great opportunity to develop the storytelling habit. Shawn Callahan gives you some simple tips to help you get started.

The power of stories helped lead the Richmond Football Club from a horror AFL season in 2016, to a premiership in 2017. Find out why stories worked here:

If you’re discussing how to improve the sales performance of a product and need to illustrate your point, try this story about music and wine sales.

If a member of your team is having trouble getting someone to agree on a topic at work, you could tell them the story outlined in this post.

There are many ways to finish a story. Use these oral storytelling techniques and you might even hear your story being retold, the greatest of compliments.

You miss some really good opportunities to learn from others when you jump to conclusions about what they’re like. Learn to overcome bias with this story.

Problems often occur when we try to solve people issues with the same approaches we use for machines or markets. Here’s how story listening can assist.