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Three elements of a movement
Read this today and thought, right on! (is that too Tom Peters?) Senator Bill Bradley defines a movement as having three elements: 1. A narrative …
Read MoreGenes, themes and memes—quickly forming relationships so people speak up
Two stories came together recently that gave me an insight about the importance of forming quick but stronger relationships so people can speak up. A …
Read MoreA new type of political ad airs in Canberra
Yesterday in Canberra a new political advertisement aired for the very first time. As luck would have it I was in Canberra and happened to …
Read MoreDiagnosis requires observation—both are essential for good strategy
An article in the Wall Street Journey describes how medical students at more than 20 medical schools, including Harvard, Columbia and Cornell, attend an art …
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Stories affect a slow burn
This week I presented at the Sydney knowledge management round table and Rod Irwin, the co-ordinator of the group, remarked at just how long one …
Read MoreJonathan Gottschall is turning business storytelling into a toothless tiger
Jonathan Gottschall, a literary scholar, has just written a piece for Fast Company called Why Storytelling is the Ultimate Weapon and in the process has …
Read MoreTelling Stories Puts Our Brains in Sync
Greg Stephens, Lauren Silbert and Uri Hasson are Princeton University neuroscientists who in 2010 conducted a series of experiments showing that an audience’s brains light …
Read MoreMore thoughts on why we retell stories
The following few paragraphs are part of an exercise I’m doing with Madelyn Blair. We’re writing an Essay in Two Voices, a format invented by …
Read MoreSome initial thoughts on why we retell stories
As soon as I walked into our office I wanted to tell Kevin the story Hugh Grant told on Graham Norton’s talk show last night. …
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