Category Archives: Social Leadership

Social Leadership Storytelling Certification: Technique #1 – Diagonal Storytelling

Posted on June 20, 2018 by

Today i am #WorkingOutLoud and sharing one of the techniques i’m using for the Social Leadership Storytelling certification. This one concerns ‘Diagonal Storytelling’, which is an activity intended to stretch storytellers out of their comfort zone, and help to connect … Continue reading →

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#WorkingOutLoud on the Storytelling Certification: Running Experiments

Posted on June 18, 2018 by

Sharing a quick update on this work: i’m designing a twelve week certification around Storytelling for Social Leaders, and today have finalised the structure. It will be a twelve week journey, split between two sections: the first covers ‘Ideas and … Continue reading →

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Building the Socially Dynamic Organisation

Posted on June 14, 2018 by

The Social Age frames an existential threat for many organisations: they have grown up in a known world, with established frames of education, career, economics, and power, and now find themselves alienated from all of those ideas. Our new world … Continue reading →

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Social Leadership: Looking Down

Posted on June 11, 2018 by

When i was studying architectural history for a while, one of the lessons i learned was ‘always look up’. When you walk along a street, you see the modern facades at street level, but by looking up, you see the … Continue reading →

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The Mechanisms of Storytelling Certification

Posted on June 7, 2018 by

A short #WorkingOutLoud post, following yesterday’s introduction of the draft content for the Social Leadership Storytelling Certification that i’m developing throughout June. The image below is intended to illustrate the design approach: introducing key ideas, to provide a framework of … Continue reading →

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#WorkingOutLoud on Social Leadership Storytelling Certification

Posted on June 6, 2018 by

This is an early stage #WorkingOutLoud post, as i start to develop a certification programme around Storytelling for Social Leaders. I’m ultimately aiming to build a few of these out, around each of the nine aspects of Social Leadership shown … Continue reading →

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5 Things A Social Leader Does Every Day

Posted on June 5, 2018 by

Social Leadership is not just about thinking, it’s about taking action, every day. The culture of an organisation is co-created through the actions of every individual, in the moment, through the things they say and do. So whilst our journey … Continue reading →

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