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Denise Withers

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May the Fourth: Celebrating life's mysteries

May the Fourth: Celebrating life's mysteries

I have an active imagination – which is why I can’t watch horror movies. But I love a good mystery – the suspense of an unsolved problem. That’s why I love days like today, when we celebrate all the mysteries in life – all the magical forces that shape and drive

4 things I learned giving a TEDx talk

4 things I learned giving a TEDx talk

My TEDx talk about how stories can make you smarter is finally available online! As I reflect on what an incredible experience it was, I wanted to share a few lessons I learned for everyone who wants to be a better speaker. Note that I knew all these things going

Break through polarization, with stories

Break through polarization, with stories

Polarization is the word of the decade for me, an issue clients ask me to help with, a lot. It's a plague of a different sort that has infected our families, communities, organizations and governments.

5 steps to an irresistible change story

5 steps to an irresistible change story

Over the last couple of years, leaders of a popular coastal town in BC have been exploring ways to cut their greenhouse gas emissions. Research showed that they’d have the biggest, fastest impact by getting residents to stop commuting (or at least stop driving gas-powered cars to work) and

How the wrong stories fuelled the Ottawa Occupation

How the wrong stories fuelled the Ottawa Occupation

Over the next few months, I expect that we’ll see countless analyses and reports about why the occupation of Ottawa in January/February 2022 became such a disaster for the city. But there’s one failure that became apparent to me right away – a failure to communicate by those

Improve operations with story circles

Improve operations with story circles

Things are changing so fast that leaders and managers need to adapt their operations almost daily. At the same time, they have to find ways to keep their people engaged amid ongoing churn. One of the most powerful tools I use to help clients lead through change like this is

Unleash your true potential – with a Mastermind Group

Unleash your true potential – with a Mastermind Group

A few years ago, I was coaching a founder with a new food product that could improve nutrition around the world. But there were IP issues, and he was stuck, out of ideas about how to move forward. So we brought together a Mastermind group, to help him and the