Category Archives: Storytelling

How Stories Collide

Posted on February 10, 2021 by julianstodd

As social creatures, we communicate in stories: small and safe ones to establish commonality, membership, and trust, and bigger, more complex ones, to share ideas, or in service of finding new meaning. But stories are not like bricks: when you … Continue reading →

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The Role of the Storyteller

Posted on January 26, 2021 by julianstodd

Alongside more formal programmes, i increasingly find value in facilitated open sessions, ‘sense making’ spaces where people can bring their own agenda: this piece explores the role of the Social Storyteller in facilitating these spaces. I have written more widely … Continue reading →

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Forging the Story

Posted on June 9, 2020 by julianstodd

I’ve been writing about Leadership as a Social Movement, and considering how that movement is carried through a Community by waves of Storytelling. Social Leaders seek to effect change not though the application of formal power alone, imposed on a … Continue reading →

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The Three Levels of Storytelling: Virtual Learning Design [Pt 6]

Posted on May 28, 2020 by julianstodd

This is the sixth in a series of pieces exploring techniques for Virtual Learning Design based around unlocking curiosity and encouraging creativity. In this piece i will explore the three levels of Storytelling: individual, co-created, and organisational. Whilst i’m sharing … Continue reading →

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Cultural Graffiti: A 5 Day Experiment – Day 2 – Curation

Posted on January 21, 2020 by julianstodd

Throughout this week i am sharing my latest ‘5 Day Experiment’, a structured way to explore a topic within your own Organisation. This one is about ‘Cultural Graffiti’. Feel free to share your results in the comments, on Twitter, or … Continue reading →

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Domain to Dynamic [Pt 5]: the Organisation as Story and Belief

Posted on December 10, 2019 by julianstodd

This is the fifth in a series of pieces entitled ‘From Domain to Dynamic’. Collectively they explore a new model of Organisational Design that moves beyond hierarchy, infrastructure, and control, and into social collaboration, communities, and Individual Agency at scale. … 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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