Storytelling

This is one of my favorite stories about the power of stories. Every organization has a vast, untapped reserve of great stories with compelling characters at the center of them. As I say in the video, people don’t care about programs, they care about people. So finding someone relatable who embodies that program is essential … Read more

Last year I went to a meeting in Chicago where a group of executives from far-flung divisions of a major company went around the table introducing themselves to the group. They each followed a similar pattern: basically reciting their CVs. “I was head of blah-blah, then I moved over the to the blah-blah division, then … Read more