Found this wonderful quote on one of the articles on the Avalon Web site (see preceding entry): “Stories are alchemy. They are medicine, healing, mystery, paradox, power, and many other things, allowing us to feel, taste, touch, hear and see the stories around us. They are chaos, order, complexity. Stories … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2006
Edge of Avalon
Arrrggghhh! Why didn’t I know about this rich site and consulting firm while working on my dissertation?! Glory Ressler was one of the presenters at this year’s Storytelling Weekend in Washington, DC. I didn’t attend but am, in the spirit of sharing exemplified in the storytelling community, sharing the resources … Continue reading
Focus Group Participants Respond According to Convention?
A source of consternation during my dissertation research was the lukewarm reception that focus-group participants gave story-based job-search media, such as resumes (especially resumes), cover letters, and interview responses. Perhaps, as Seth Kahan posits below, my focus-group participants were reacting in a “conventional” way — as opposed to a storied … Continue reading
More Resources on Organizational Storytelling
At some point, I would like to compile a master bibliography here (if I’m not reinventing the wheel), bringing together my overall bibliography for this blog, as well as previous postings and this new entry with suggestions from Brian McKenzie and Sandy Schuman, who posted them to the Working Stories group. They’re listed in the continuation of this entry. McKenzie’s work is of interest to me because he teaches entrepreneurship, which I also teach. I’m also adding other resources as I come across them. Continue reading
Defining “Narrative Practitioner”
The question came up on the Working Stories list — how do you define “narrative practitioner?” Seth Kahan offered this definintion: For me a narrative practitioner is someone who applies the notion that human beings deal with their experience by constructing stories and listening to the stories of others. As … Continue reading
Story and the Desire to Change
Steve Denning offers another chapter from his upcoming book, The Secret Language of Leadership, to be published by Jossey-Bass in September 2007. The chapter is relevant to my work because my dissertation particularly looks at the value of telling change stories in the job search and includes a review of … Continue reading
New Storytelling Book with Fabulous Examples
Lori Silverman, author of Wake Me When the Data Is Over, who was a huge help in my disseration writing, very kindly sent me advance pages of her book before it was published this month. The book is fantastic because it gives more story examples than most books of … Continue reading
Storytelling and Marketing Site
During that long hiatus when I wasn’t updating this blog because I was working on my dissertation, I got an e-mail from Dr. David Morris about his blog on marketing and storytelling. Lots of great content there and of interest to me not only because of the self-marketing angle in … Continue reading
Denning Offers Videos
Steve Denning earlier this year began offering videos on his site. I can only hear the audio, not see the video (some sort of Mac incompatibility, I’m guessing), but he has some interesting titles, such as Who Can Be an Organizational Storyteller? Denning’s Videos
New Blog on Collaboration
Seth Kahan this year has started a blog on collaboration: collaboratioNation, a look at how people work together across boundaries.