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5 things that happen when you know your company’s strategy
You can only act strategically, day in, day out, if you know your company’s strategy. Here are five things that happen when you really do …
Read MoreMaking the most of story-work
Filed in Business storytelling, Employee Engagement, Strategy
In using story-work to build a brand, engage employees, or for one of its many other purposes, organisations nearly always focus on storytelling. The meme …
Read MoreHow we judge stories
I found myself watching parliamentary question time today on TV (OK, I was tired. I did yoga for the first time last night). There were …
Read MoreHP’s CEO loses his job for want of a strategic story
It’s quite possible you’ll lose your job as CEO if you are unable to persuasively communicate your company’s strategy. Léo Apotheker, the recently fired CEO …
Read MoreFour story-based practices to foster insight
“Insight is an unexpected shift to a better story.”–Gary Klein, Seeing What Others Don’t You can download the pdf version of this article. Shawn and …
Read MoreFundraising Appeal for Christian Dahmen
Christian Dahmen is an extraordinary fellow who is a long term supporter and advisor for Anecdote. He is now in the battle of his life …
Read MoreStorytelling workshop in New York – 27 September
Only a little over a month before I present our storytelling for business leaders workshop in New York. I remember the first one I did …
Read MoreNo fun at work – values in action
I heard this story from one of our workshop participants. We were talking about values and how they play out in practice. Their organisation, a …
Read MoreArticle: How to make your strategy stick with a strategic story
“A company without a story is usually a company without a strategy.” Ben Horowitz, entrepreneur and investor1 Steve Jobs bounces onto the stage and grabs …
Read MoreThe problem with ‘motivational speakers’
So called ‘motivational speakers’ don’t motivate people to change behaviour. Throughout my career I have been involved in organising, planning and developing a huge number …
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