Tag Archives: Narrative

Social Learning: Diverse Stories

Posted on December 6, 2023 by julianstodd

This is the final week of a leadership programme i’ve been running, and it’s all about ‘Sense Making and Storytelling’. Under a Scaffolded Social Learning approach, there is a landscape to explore – a scaffolding of structure and provocation – … Continue reading →

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The Story in Social Learning

Posted on November 28, 2023 by julianstodd

Over the last three months i’ve been running a prototype of a very large Leadership programme, built upon principles of Scaffolded Social Learning. In this type of work, there is no ‘taught’ content per se, but there is a structure … Continue reading →

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Evolving the Organisation

Posted on November 9, 2023 by julianstodd

For the next three weeks i’m running a programme around Change Leadership, drawing on my previous work around ‘change as a social movement’, as well as newer work on ‘power’, ‘identity’, and ‘voice’. I’m using this as a chance to … Continue reading →

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Controlling the Narrative

Posted on April 11, 2022 by julianstodd

As a reminder, the blog is, for me, a primary ‘sense making’ space, and first space of reflection: what that means in practice is that it’s a space of uncertainty and the development of new ideas and the vocabulary that … 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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Running a Storytelling Experiment for Social Leadership

Posted on January 21, 2019 by julianstodd

The Social Leader will be a Storytelling Leader: not simply shaping and sharing their own narratives, but enabling, filtering, and amplifying, the stories that others tell. Specifically, they will understand the systemic nature of the Socially Dynamic Organisation, and the … Continue reading →

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Fallout: The Failure of Dominant Narratives

Posted on October 31, 2018 by julianstodd

A dominant narrative is a story that takes on a life of it’s own: it becomes the accepted norm. Throughout the 1950’s and 60’s, all across the United States, tens of thousands of nuclear fallout shelters were built, nearly twenty … Continue reading →

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Social Leadership Storytelling Certification: Technique #1 – Diagonal Storytelling

Posted on June 20, 2018 by julianstodd

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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Gun Control: a Case Study in Authenticity

Posted on February 22, 2018 by julianstodd

With some trepidation, i wanted to develop a narrative around the current conversation on gun control in America, in the context of the recent tragedy in Florida, and the emergence of a group of young survivors calling for change. I’m … Continue reading →

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The Social Age Safari: Shutting up Shop

Posted on May 24, 2016 by julianstodd

Now that the Social Age Safari is complete, we are left with the task of capturing the story and closing the community. Much of the success of the event itself came through the tight choreography and carefully rehearsed facilitation. But … Continue reading →

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