On behalf of researcher Nicole Cundiff, I pass along this invitation to take a survey that closes on Monday, October 5: The purpose is to assess different types of organizations and their leaders. Cundiff is especially interested in survey-takers who are part- or full-time workers from public, private, non-profit, or … Continue reading
Category Archives: Organizational Storytelling
‘Tell Me About a Time ….’ You Created a Story-Sharing Culture in Your Organization
In a wonderfully well-articulated recent article on the blog Philantopic, my friend Thaler Pekar (pictured) makes a concise and persuasive argument for “creating a true culture of story sharing within our organizations, especially those that function as hubs of entrepreneurship and innovation, and especially at this uncertain moment” — as … Continue reading
Why Is Storytelling So Resonant Now?
This is a page to accompany a Worldwide Story Work Teleseminar I’m hosting today, Sept. 9, 4 pm EDST, entitled: The Golden Age of Storytelling: Why Is Story Exploding? What Does It Means for Practitioners? Register for the teleseminar here (you may need to become a member of Worldwide Story … Continue reading
Two-Week Countdown: My 9-9-09 Teleseminar on Why Story Resonates Now
In just under two weeks, I will host a Worldwide Story Work Teleseminar (Wed., Sept. 9, 4 pm EDST), entitled: The Golden Age of Storytelling: Why Is Story Exploding? What Does It Means for Practitioners? If you’re thinking of attending, please access the handout I prepared for the teleseminar — … Continue reading
Miss This Week’s Storytelling/Leadership Webinar? You Can Still Experience It Along with Resources
If you’re lamenting that you missed the Terrence Gargiulo/Shawn Callahan webinar that I wrote about earlier in the week, you can experience it here, thanks to the presenters’ generosity. The presenters also provided a slew of additional resources: Selecting a Story Tool One of the questions we get asked the … Continue reading
A Few Nuggets from A Storytelling Leadership Webinar
I just finished attending a terrific webinar with Terrence Gargiulo of MakingStories and Shawn Callahan of Anecdote. I have attended several of Terrence’s webinars, but this was my first one with Shawn. This was the second presentation of this webinar; the pair presented it last week at a time more … Continue reading
Telling New-Venture Stories Paints a Picture for Investors
The New Prosperity Initiative (NPi) is a Boston-based media organization “that pairs storytelling with new media to publicize the efforts of people and organizations doing socially innovative work to end poverty and build prosperity. NPi stories take the shape of interviews, photo essays, videos, and podcasts and are distributed both … Continue reading
Decisions Come from the Stories We Tell
Kevin Hoffberg of Group Partners offers a fascinating look at the role of stories in decision-making: Decisions come from the stories we tell ourselves and others. Listen to the stories you tell yourselves. Listen to the stories other people tell themselves. A “justification” or a “rationalization” is the story we … Continue reading
Gargiulo and Callahan Team Up for Free Storytelling/Leadership Webinar
Get ready for a powerhouse free webinar. Two of the most interesting and well-spoken figures in business storytelling, Terrence Gargiulo and Shawn Callahan are teaming up to present a webinar, Three Questions We Usually Get from Leaders About Storytelling: Reflections, Discussion & Tools, that they will deliver twice — once … Continue reading
Cautionary Tales for Business
Sometimes storytelling that teaches a lesson is inadvertent. It’s not intended as “business narrative” or one of Steve Denning’s springboard stories meant to spark change. It’s just good reporting and writing that tells a story that provides a lesson businesses can learn from. Want to convey the lesson that you … Continue reading