Monthly Archives: November 2019

Prototyping the Culture Game #2

Posted on November 27, 2019 by julianstodd

I recently shared an outline of The Culture Game, an experience that i developed to guide people through the experience of building a tribal structure, and pitting it up against other: an experience of how culture is held and battles … Continue reading →

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Countdown to Apollo

Posted on November 26, 2019 by julianstodd

The Apollo book will launch this Thursday at an event in London, then through Amazon around the world: i’m very excited, because setting a book free marks a chapter point, closing off one voyage, and creating the space for the … Continue reading →

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Fracturing the Narrative

Posted on November 21, 2019 by julianstodd

I’m not totally happy with this piece yet: it’s a bit clumsy, but sharing it as part of #WorkingOutLoud. It concerns a view of change that is centred not on a focus on future state, but on fracturing an existing … Continue reading →

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To Carry the Weight

Posted on November 20, 2019 by julianstodd

Change is to carry a heavy weight: we can theorise, conceptualise, plan and direct, but none of that activity breaks a sweat and forms a blister. To drive change comes at a cost, and someone will have to bear it. … Continue reading →

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Storytelling Experiment: Day 5 – Listening

Posted on November 18, 2019 by julianstodd

I’ve been sharing a 5 Day Storytelling Experiment that you can try yourself, and this final piece is about ‘Story Listening’. We are all expert social creatures, who have grown up in dynamic story environments: some stories that reinforce and … Continue reading →

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Storytelling Experiment: Day 4 – Amplification

Posted on November 15, 2019 by julianstodd

I have been #WorkingOutLoud all week, sharing a 5 Day Experiment into Storytelling for Social Leadership. This is the Day 4 activity, which considers how stories may be Amplified. Instead of thinking about ways to push harder, or turn the … Continue reading →

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Storytelling Experiment: Day 3 – Aggregation

Posted on November 14, 2019 by julianstodd

This is the third in a series of 5 pieces that i am sharing that form a mini Experiment in Storytelling. Feel free to take part! Consider your Communities as incubators and filters of ideas. Some stories fly within these … Continue reading →

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Storytelling Experiment: Day 2 – Story Handles

Posted on November 13, 2019 by julianstodd

Day 2 of our experiment: yesterday i asked you to consider the types of power that you use within your leadership. But power does not push stories through a system: often they are picked up and pulled. So we need … Continue reading →

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Storytelling Experiment: Day 1 – Power

Posted on November 12, 2019 by julianstodd

I am #WorkingOutLoud this week, prototyping a format of ‘5 Day Experiments’ for busy and aspiring Social Leaders. It’s not dissimilar to the approach i take in my book on ‘Social Leadership: My 1st 100 Days’, which also works on … Continue reading →

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The Story that Died

Posted on November 11, 2019 by julianstodd

I am running a five day activity around storytelling: it will explore why some stories fly, but others just die. I’m doing this because Social Leaders need to be expert navigators around the Landscape of Stories. They will understand that … Continue reading →

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