Storytelling

Everybody has a story to tell. Thousands of stories, in fact. About experiences we’ve had, things we’ve learned, decisions we’ve made, changes we seek. In Episode 2 of my podcast, journalist and social justice campaigner Katie Lin and I explore the power of these individual stories and

Even if I’m not explicitly doing story work with a group, I still use stories for warm-ups, ice-breakers and energizers. One of my favourite activities is something I call StorySeeds. It’s a super quick and simple way to do introductions. But more importantly, it creates instant bonds – and

The other day, Saul Kaplan, from the Business Innovation Factory, published a great post about his struggles to find stories of corporate transformation. His beef is that large organizations are unable or unwilling to take the risk to innovate their business models. So he’s having a hard time finding

Engagement is the holy grail for organizations these days. Customers, employees, shareholders, funders. Everyone needs to engage everyone else. For many organizations, the challenge focuses on strategy. How do we get employees to engage with our strategy? There are a couple of simple ways. Most obvious is to make sure

I was catching up with some folks on the weekend. And one of them told me about a course he took, on how to influence people. As part of the program, students study things like the interpretation of office decor, body language and presentation styles. It sounds a bit as