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Storytelling workshops

If you're interested in the more traditional application of storytelling, our good friend Peter Christie will be running a series of workshops on how you can harness your own storytelling ability. The two workshops are entitled: The North, South, East and West of Storytelling in Organisations (11th to 14th October) AND Life Storytelling in Organisations (14th to 17th October). They'll be run in the Maluti Mountains in the Free State. Contact Peter at bigchief@nottheboredroom.co.za if you're interested.

By Aiden Choles|June 29th, 2009|Categories: Culture, Narrative|Tags: peter christie, storytelling|0 Comments

Xerox: stories important in change

The turnaround of Xerox is an important case study in today's global economic situation. Here's a Fast Company article that outlines how important stories are in this context. The article also shows how litte "s" stories becomes Big "S" stories: Storytelling is hugely important. At our town meetings, the most frequently asked question wasn't whether we'd survive, but what we would look like when we did. I got great advice: Write a story. We wrote a Wall Street Journal article, because they [...]

By Aiden Choles|May 19th, 2009|Categories: News|Tags: change, change management, quotes, storytelling, xerox|0 Comments

Live blogging: Justin Cohen

Sonja and are sitting at the Sandton Southern Sun listening to Justin Cohenpresent his preso on storytelling: What's Your Story? I met Justin in myTomorrowToday days and admired his blatant confidence in front of an audience. He is now turning his speaking prowess to punting the power of stories in the public sphere. We're sitting here 'cos we're fascinated by the range of applications of story. From traditional storytelling to business narrative, we see a spectrum of applications and uses of story [...]

By Aiden Choles|November 14th, 2008|Categories: Narrative|Tags: justin cohen, Narrative, narrative spectrum, Story, storytelling|0 Comments

The narrative debate

I came across the following in one of Dave Snowden's articles that I haven't read for a while .. (it's quite long, so please bear with me!) "When people first become aware of the importance of narrative in organisational sense making, the often go through a stage when they think the best thing would be to tell stories in order to control the organisation or some issue. This belief is a swamp across which consultants must guide clients safely, because [...]

By Aiden Choles|December 4th, 2007|Categories: Narrative|Tags: Complexity, Narrative, storytelling|0 Comments

Storytelling workshops

Xerox: stories important in change

Live blogging: Justin Cohen

The narrative debate

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