Storytelling

Storytelling

How does Storytelling drive workplace transformation?

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Discover how storytelling, when adapted for business, can transform workplace culture, foster trust, and motivate employees. Explore the impact of personalized narratives and simplified communication in driving change. This approach deepens empathy and builds lasting connections in the workplace.

Ep 1:

From Aristotle to the Boardroom

Trace storytelling's roots from Aristotle's Poetics through Freytag and Campbell to a simple business-ready CAR method that turns ancient wisdom into practical narrative tools.

Ep 2:

Words, Hands, and Hidden Persuasion

Discover why plain, concrete language beats jargon in persuasive stories, and how subtle hand gestures can conjure vivid images that anchor your message in listeners' minds.

Ep 3:

Curiosity, Cathedrals, and Compelling Visions

Learn why genuine curiosity—not forced empathy—unlocks resonant stories, and how a simple bricklayer's tale can transform mundane work into a shared, inspiring vision.

Ep 4:

Origin Stories and Honest Motives

Inside P&G's untold innovation stories and the delicate art of revealing self-interest honestly—because hidden agendas destroy trust while transparent motives build it.

Ep 5:

Culture, Numbers, and the Stories We Tell

Explore how the stories we repeat quietly shape organizational culture, and why blending hard data with narrative creates far more persuasive business decisions.

Ep 6:

How Stories Made Us Human

Journey through storytelling's evolutionary role in building empathy, consciousness, and connection—from ancient dialogue to a mother's bedtime narrative shaping a child's mind.

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Discussions (15)

Calvin

Level 5 · 9 mo ago

That story about Sherri loving her job is the most depressingly corporate fiction I have ever heard. Stop gaslighting us and pay people more, you ghouls.

Martin

Level 9 · 9 mo ago

Jerry Jones working with Hillary is actually REAL

Wilbert

Level 9 · 8 mo ago

If you think a fairy tale beats hard data you are delusional lol. Investors want ROI and cold hard cash not some fake hero journey bullshit to read.

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