Tag Archives: Voices

Our Many Voices

Posted on January 10, 2023 by julianstodd

I’ve been writing about ‘voices’ today: the many that we hold, and the ones that go unheard. Voices can be gifted within a formal system, or claimed within social ones, and when considering Social Leadership, which exists at the intersection … Continue reading →

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Cultural Graffiti: A 5 Day Experiment – Day 4 – Silent Voices

Posted on January 23, 2020 by julianstodd

This is Day 4 of a 5 Day Experiment that i am sharing around ‘Cultural Graffiti’. You can jump in here, or revisit the first post from Monday. Some voices are always loud, whilst others are silent, or silenced. Consider … Continue reading →

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Cultural Graffiti: A 5 Day Experiment

Posted on January 15, 2020 by julianstodd

I had a great response to the format of the 5 Day Experiment i recently shared around ‘Storytelling in Social Leadership’. It was the first in a series of these practical activities, and today i am sharing the structure of … Continue reading →

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Silencing Voices

Posted on October 16, 2019 by julianstodd

We live within busy systems: spaces filled with static, discourse, and noise. Through this fog we seek meaning: validation of views, membership and belonging, knowledge and clarity. But not all voices are equal, and not all voices are equally heard. … Continue reading →

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Alice Loves Matty

Posted on June 27, 2017 by julianstodd

Graffiti is a voice claimed when no other is given: the ultimately democratised language, subversive, irreverent, free. So often, we wonder why people will not engage, why they will not comment, question, or challenge. But that may be to miss … Continue reading →

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Unheard Wisdom

Posted on November 20, 2015 by julianstodd

If we just listen in the spaces that we know, we will just hear what we’ve always heard: is your organisation brave enough to listen to the unheard wisdom? Often organisations are obsessed with how to control the conversation, to … Continue reading →

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The Story Machine

Posted on May 15, 2015 by julianstodd

Stories don’t come from a machine: they come from people. They’re not stamped out of steel, but rather crafted around a campfire. Or in a corner. Or on the train. Or over Facebook. Stories are not available on demand, but … Continue reading →

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Voices

Posted on February 13, 2015 by julianstodd

Whispering in the wind, echoing through hallways, buzzing like an angry fly down a bad phone line or whispered tenderly late at night. Voices of purpose and intent, voices that implore or beg us to take action, bullying or directive … Continue reading →

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Communicating

Posted on April 9, 2013 by julianstodd

I’m writing in the apartment in Amsterdam today, up on the fourth floor, looking out over the city. It’s a bright day, clear views. This morning i’ve been communicating with colleagues in the UK, the US, Germany, Ireland and Asia. … Continue reading →

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