Archive for the ‘Business storytelling’ Category

An open letter to Ginni Rometty, CEO of IBM

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —January 10, 2012
Filed in Business storytelling

Dear Ginni, Congratulations on your appointment as IBM’s CEO. I’m looking forward to seeing how the company changes under your wise guidence. I’m writing this …

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The whole, complete and detailed story

Posted by  Kevin Bishop —January 3, 2012
Filed in Business storytelling

Recent research quoted in the fantastic Psyblog has shown the benefits of telling ourselves the whole, complete and detailed story, rather than just select bits …

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Making the most of story-work

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —November 30, 2011
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 …

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Story quote of the week

Posted by  Kevin Bishop —November 11, 2011
Filed in Business storytelling

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Story quote of the week

Posted by  Kevin Bishop —November 4, 2011
Filed in Business storytelling

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How we judge stories

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —November 1, 2011
Filed in Anecdotes, Business storytelling

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 …

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Story quote of the week

Posted by  Kevin Bishop —October 28, 2011
Filed in Business storytelling

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Strategic stories – tackling the anti-stories

Posted by  Mark Schenk —October 19, 2011
Filed in Business storytelling, Strategy

We have been helping organisations transform their strategies into concrete and memorable narratives for quite a few years now. In every organisation we’ve worked with …

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Announcing ‘Storytelling for Business Leaders’ in Wellington, New Zealand

Posted by  Kevin Bishop —October 12, 2011
Filed in Business storytelling

I am very pleased to announce that I will be running one of our world renowned ‘Storytelling for Business Leaders’ workshops in Wellington, New Zealand …

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Story quote of the week

Posted by  Kevin Bishop —September 30, 2011
Filed in Business storytelling

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