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Business storytelling training in The Netherlands
I visited Amsterdam in early April and met Paul Joosten and Ronald van Domberg. Both fabulous facilitators and both working in the story field. Within …
Read MoreMaking strategies stick – tackling anti-stories Part 2
At Anecdote, much of our work is focused on making strategies stick by converting them into understandable, memorable and influential stories. We often discover entrenched …
Read MoreActs of leadership humanity: putting staff first
This post is part of our series on Leadership Humanity. In 2010 I was working with a law firm in Sydney to help launch their …
Read MoreMaking strategies stick – how to tackle anti-stories
In 2009, three Queensland government departments were merged into one mega-department. Anecdote was working with the senior leadership team to communicate their new strategy and …
Read MoreActs of leadership humanity – mistakes are not always failures
Shawn’s post last week got us sharing some of the great examples of small acts of leadership that demonstrate humanity and which make a difference. …
Read MoreExpanding our Storytelling for Leaders partner network
Last weekend I was in Copenhagen as part of the Persona Global annual conference. Much of the weekend was spent certifying six new Partners to …
Read More2 inspiring examples of business leaders and storytellers
A common question we are asked is ‘are there any examples of business leaders who are good storytellers’. Shawn wrote a post a while back …
Read MoreNew European Storytelling for Leaders Partners
On 19 and 20 June I was in London to run the accreditation program for a few of our new Storytelling for Leaders (TM) Partners. We …
Read MoreThe world is flat
The opening paragraph of Tom Friedman‘s 2005 book ‘The World is Flat‘ is: No one ever gave me directions like this on a golf course …
Read MoreWhodunnit? Using names in business storytelling
Stories have incredible natural power and they help us to have impact and be heard over the bombardment of information people receive every day. So, …
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