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As 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 MoreDifficult conversations
At a recent leadership program we were talking about values and a participant related a recent experience: “Another manager gave one of her staff a …
Read MoreKnowledge strategies for natural resource management
In the second half of 2007, Anecdote worked with the Knowledge for Regional Natural Resource Management (K4RNRM) project in Land & Water Australia (LWA) to …
Read MoreA simple explanation of the Cynefin Framework
A while back I created a sketchcast of how I explain the Cynefin Framework and it became a popular sketch. Unfortunately Sketchcast went out of …
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 MoreComplexity based interventions and the role of peer pressure
A few weeks ago my youngest daughter was kidnapped by her school bus driver. Actually it wasn’t just my daughter, it was every child on …
Read MoreBuilding a collaborative workplace – the video
I’ve just uploaded the video of the presentation where you will see the embarrassing larger than life size portrait of me in my undies. Please …
Read MoreBuilding a collaborative workplace with stories
Here’s my presentation (with audio) that I delivered to the Victorian Public Sector Continuous Improvement Network (VPSCIN) yesterday. Building a collaborative workplace View more presentations …
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