Some tips for capturing stories on video
A few nights ago I watch Changeling starring Angelina Jolie. It’s directed by Clint Eastwood (has he ever directed a dud movie?) and I was …
Read MoreCollaboration provides autonomy
Last week I started a new Making Strategies Stick project with a large IT company. The guys I’m working with are the technical sales folk …
Read MoreLeaders should tell a story to explain why
Filed in Business storytelling, Leadership Posts, Strategy
On a recent trip to Canberra I was lining up to board the plane. Behind me was a young family. Their young son, probably four …
Read MoreThe people part of change
In late May 2009 I was invited to advise on change management on a big project in Sydney. The client was a medium size logistics …
Read MoreOne public workshop this year: influencing change with stories
We often get asked whether we are running any public courses on our techniques but for the last couple of years we have reserved these …
Read MoreKeeping richness in our decision making
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (1807–73) was a Swiss-born American zoologist and geologist who taught at Harvard. Imagine that you went to Louis Agassiz’s laboratory at …
Read MoreThe Mahout, the Elephant and the Path—an analogy for change
Dan and Chip Heath have a new book coming out (Feb) and they sent me a copy of the first chapter. The title is Switch …
Read MoreCreating more humanistic workplaces
“If you go into a grey concrete box with one little window, it’s claustrophobic, it’s cold. If you put a skylight in it and you …
Read MoreA story designed to change your mind
Seth Godin has a new ebook out called What Matters Now. It consists of 80 or so thought leaders each with a page to talk …
Read MoreThree ways to make your strategy stick
Filed in Anecdotes, Business storytelling, Leadership Posts, Strategy
In my hands is a corporate strategy. It’s a glossy six-page document designed for every employee to memorise and enact. There are seven themes each …
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