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Changing a keystone habit – the story of Alcoa
Sometimes the best way to affect large-scale change is to focus on changing one important habit, what Charles Duhigg calls a keystone habit. Here is …
Read MoreYammer’s Steve Hopkins on Storytelling for Leaders
Why not join us for a public version of the workshop Steve is talking about in Perth on the 4th March. Click here for more …
Read MoreAn example of business oral storytelling
Here at Anecdote we focus on oral storytelling. Our network of partners around the world help leaders find and tell business stories to influence, engage …
Read MoreThe story of the checklist
Sometimes the simplest interventions can have the biggest impact. In October 1935, US Army Air Corps brass gathered at an airfield in Dayton, Ohio. They’d …
Read MoreWhen taking over a new team you must tell these stories
“They won’t care what you know until they know that you care” (a line attributed to many but my favourite is baseball coach Yogi Berra). …
Read MoreHow to double productivity by sharing stories of purpose
Back in 2008 Wharton School professor, Adam Grant (author of one of my favourite books, Give and Take), conducted a fascinating experiment that highlighted how …
Read MoreStorytelling for Leaders Program – What Happened in Singapore
In September this year our new partner in Singapore, Anjali Sharma, organised the first Storytelling for Leaders Program in her fine country. She also organised …
Read MoreA good boss acts like a shield to corporate BS
It’s not easy to be a good boss. In a 30 year career I can count three (thanks Walt, Amy and Steve). Stanford business professor, …
Read MoreNeed a story to tell as a leader?
We’ve been blogging since 2004. And over the years we have shared hundreds of stories. Some of those stories are definitely ones you could retell …
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