Category Archives: Storytelling

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

Posted on January 21, 2020 by

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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