Monthly Archives: September 2018

Shadow of a Person

Posted on September 27, 2018 by julianstodd

I recognise in myself that i do not treat the people i see sleeping on the street equally: sometimes i ignore them, sometimes i try to give a kind word, sometimes i buy them a cup of tea (which is … Continue reading →

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Sanctioned Subversion and Cultural Graffiti

Posted on September 26, 2018 by julianstodd

Today i completed the design of the fourth week of the Storytelling Certification that i’m working on. I shared some of the work earlier, and described it like this: it’s not about ‘how to tell a story’, but rather about … Continue reading →

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Imperfect Stories

Posted on September 25, 2018 by julianstodd

It’s the end of a long day, and i’m too tired to write, so instead, sharing an unfinished, imperfect, story. This is the sketch i’ve just done, which is my first thought on the artwork for the Storytelling Certification: i … Continue reading →

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Designing a ‘Festival of Failure’. A #WorkingOutLoud post

Posted on September 24, 2018 by julianstodd

Today i am sharing some elements of the design around failure: it’s for a one day ‘Festival of Failure’, a structured ‘sense making’ event, to act as the foundation for change. A celebration of failure is not about blame, but … Continue reading →

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The Story That Flew

Posted on September 20, 2018 by julianstodd

My taxi driver stared at the iPhone, stuck to the dashboard, brow wrinkled in concentration, for quite some time, before he carefully swore at it, turned to me, and asked for cash. He told me he had never been trained … Continue reading →

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Social Leadership Storytelling Certification. #WorkingOutLoud

Posted on September 19, 2018 by julianstodd

I’m finalising the structure of the twelve week certification on ‘Storytelling in Social Leadership’. This pass through will give me the structure that i’ll prototype with the first cohorts in October to December. At this stage, i’m more focussed on … Continue reading →

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Islands of Belief

Posted on September 18, 2018 by julianstodd

We live on islands of belief, carefully forged by our immersion in local culture, established education, held in tribal groupings, dominant doctrine and ideology, and internally reinforcing: to be within the tribe reinforces the strength and resilience of the tribe … Continue reading →

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Social Learning Guidebook: The Final Draft

Posted on September 13, 2018 by julianstodd

It’s clear where my headache originated today: i’ve just finished clearing all the changes and edits on the manuscript for ‘The Social Learning Guidebook’, the latest in a series of short and practical guides that i’m writing around core aspects … Continue reading →

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Engaging Power: An Illustration of Cohesion

Posted on September 12, 2018 by julianstodd

I wrote a series of four pieces recently, exploring gang violence, but really a perspective on the power structures, and mechanisms of coherence, that underly community (and mechanisms for diffusing, or countering, toxic culture). It is all fairly early stage, … Continue reading →

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Agreeing to Disagree

Posted on September 11, 2018 by julianstodd

To engage with those people we agree with is easy: to engage across dissent, hard. Within our tribes, our established social structures, we understand both power, and consequence, and can chart a safe path accordingly, but when we venture beyond … Continue reading →

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