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Denise Withers

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Leadership lessons from the fastest runners in the world

Leadership lessons from the fastest runners in the world

One of my first TV gigs in the 1980s was working as a cable puller for CTV Wide World of Sports. All I had to do was make sure the cables that attached the giant TV camera to the control room mobile out in the field didn't get

How one research story disrupted an en'tire' industry, for good

How one research story disrupted an en'tire' industry, for good

Here's a great example of a research story from the University of Washington that's so good that it's driving new legislation, disrupting the global tire industry and accelerating the construction of stormwater treatment systems. What did this team of scientists do right to have

How Narrative Intelligence works

How Narrative Intelligence works

When I set out to make a documentary about a group of HIV+ widows in Zambia in 1995, I expected to find a community that was destitute, dying. Instead, I was met with song, dance, food, laughter and love – a vibrancy that literally brought the village to life. Rather than

3 ways to boost your creativity this summer

3 ways to boost your creativity this summer

After 40 years of work as a creative, I have a bucket full of tips and tricks I use to generate fresh ideas and fuel innovation. But, when I recently found myself drawing a blank on a simple social media project, I realized that the last few years of dealing

(Re)building relationships & trust, with stories.

I just came back from a three-day strategic retreat in Quebec. And I have to say that I was reluctant to make the trip from Vancouver Island. It just seemed like an unnecessarily big investment of time and resources, after over two years of the "convenience" of online

Growing your impact with reports people remember

After three years of painstaking and often painful work to figure out how to build a climate-ready workforce in a rapidly changing world, the team at the Adaptation Learning Network (ALN) at Royal Roads University needed to do a final report for funders. Now, they could have done what most

4 reasons to tell your story when you write

I cringed as I listened to publisher Jenn T. Grace during our interview for my podcast. She was telling me that the most successful non-fiction books don't just deliver content about a topic. They take readers on a journey through the author's life, weaving key messages