Archive for the ‘Business storytelling’ Category
Day 2 of Story Week
Day 2 of Story Week is here. Yesterday we had a video with a big Story. Today we have a snippet, a small story of …
Read MoreStory week is here
The Story Week is here! Over the next 5 days, we’ll be offering you 5 stories – some momentous, some more low-key – and we’re …
Read MoreStory week is coming
Anecdote, Sparknow and Innotecture have been working together for a little while now to find out a bit more about what stories have influence and …
Read MoreThree story plots we humans dearly love
The authors of Made to Stick, Chip and Dan Heath, point out that there are three story plots we humans dearly love: the creativity plot …
Read MoreAs a business person, why care about storytelling?
Filed in Anecdotes, Business storytelling, Leadership Posts, Strategy
In 1993, as the co-founder of photographic library startup, I travelled to Los Angeles to check out one of America’s largest commercial photographic collections. Remarkably …
Read MoreHow to tell a story about yourself without sounding like an ego-maniac
Filed in Business storytelling, Communication, Employee Engagement, Leadership Posts
To paraphrase Annette Simmons, “People won’t listen to you until they know who you are and what you want.” And one of the best ways …
Read MoreA leader’s role to trigger stories
Yesterday I popped out for a meeting at the National Australia Bank. They have a new CEO, Cameron Clyne, and last week he announced a …
Read MoreDoes your story have impact?
I’m working with Victoria Ward and her colleagues over at Sparknow at the moment evaluating a set of stories for their likely impact. We do …
Read MoreHow to segue to a story
When I teach storytelling techniques I’m often asked, “So how do I insert my story into the conversation?” The funny thing is we are all …
Read MoreStorytelling in Canberra
Jack Dalton (Raven Feathers) is a professional storyteller from Alaska. I was fortunate to see him perform a traditional Yup’ik story on Wednesday as part …
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