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Another way to develop your business storytelling skills
Storytelling is a language skill, and we can learn a lot about learning storytelling from how we take on a new language. Shawn explains how.
Read MoreGetting personal about your presentations
Filed in Anecdotes, Business storytelling, Communication, Leadership Posts
Before people follow your ideas, they want to know what they mean to you as a leader, why you care. Try exploring one of these three story-based approaches.
Read MoreHow to employ story techniques to cultivate innovation
When we hear stories of innovation, we learn what’s possible, what to do, and what to avoid. These eight story-based approaches will cultivate innovation.
Read More079 – Halen down on Eddie’s rogue m&m
Filed in Anecdotes, Business storytelling, Podcast
Listen to hear how you should never make assumptions, even about Van Halen’s obsession over brown m&m’s.
Read MoreAll storytelling is about problem-solving
In this blog post, Mike Adams explains how storytelling is about problem-solving and is also our primary mental tool for solving problems.
Read MoreThese three storytelling myths could be limiting your business’ potential
Mark Schenk, Anecdote’s Managing Director, tackles three common corporate storytelling myths and explains why your company should embrace storytelling.
Read MoreThe ponytail and why your stories must be true
Have you heard the story about how NASA spent millions of dollars developing a pen that would work in zero gravity? There’s a problem with this story…
Read MoreThe Hero’s Journey stumbles in the world of business
The Hero’s Journey is of limited practical use in business. To activate a storytelling culture, we need simple story frameworks supplemented by anecdotes.
Read MoreData storytelling: Hollywood is the wrong model
Filed in Anecdotes, Business storytelling, Communication, Insight
There’s a growing need to present ideas based on insights drawn from data, but the Hollywood approach seems unrelated to what businesspeople require.
Read More065 – It’s just like riding a bike 1200km
Can you think of a time when the odds weren’t in your favour, but you still made it work? Listen to hear the inspirational story of Jyoti Kumari and her 1200km journey.
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