Narrative Storytelling in Sales, Presentation Skills, Narrative Medicine

26 Jun

Storytelling: After Delivering Workshops in 19 Countries…

I live in Singapore and one of the best things about living in Singapore is the cultural diversity you experience. As a resident, I enjoy this but as a working professional I have fallen on my face a few times because of this cultural diversity I am surrounded with. It is great to consume facets of cultural diversity but it is hard…

21 Jun

Storytelling : “Have You Thought Of … ?” Is Not A Good Question

Story-eliciting is equally, if not more important than Storytelling. It gives you valuable insights. You agree that you have to talk less and ask a few more questions to elicit the right stories. But in your heart you are pretty sure you know the answer to the problem you are eliciting the stories for. You are experienced enough to know what could…

12 Jun

Storytelling: Addressing The Elephant In The Room

A senior business leader who is known to be a tough taskmaster and results driven, is taking over a new team. This leader has a clear idea of how to transform the new team into a high performing team. She writes a set of clear key messages and is keen to tell the vision story to the team but no matter how…

05 Jun

Storytelling, Turkish Get -Ups and Riding a Bike Backwards

The Turkish Getup is an exercise, most commonly done with kettlebells, where you are required to lift the weight overhead whilst getting up from the ground. Unlike most weight lifting exercises, Turkish Get-Ups require you to remember a sequence. I think there are around 14 steps involved in doing one Get-Up. So, the real frustration in learning to effectively do Turkish…

29 May

*We believe that wine tastes better in a $20 glass than a $1 glass. We believe that the $200 silver ring when put in a blue Tiffany box is worth $500. *We believe that an $80,000 Porsche Cayenne is cooler than a $36,000 VW Touareg, which is virtually the same car. *We believe that $225 Pumas will make our feet feel better

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22 May

Storytelling: Victim To A Template Or A Storyteller?

I am conducting a Data Storytelling Workshop for finance professionals who works at a MNC. Their slides are filled with information, so much information that it feels to me like a Slideument (Slide + Document). When asked, “Why do you have so much information on a slide that you are presenting?”, their response was, “It’s a template that I have to follow.”…

15 May

Storytelling: B Corps and Safety Pins Can Teach Us Something

“We are a B Corp Organisation Anjali.” This is what I heard from a client last week. Confused, I started to research on B Corp Organisations. After several hours of searching online, I found this 1min 57sec video which does a great job in explaining what a B Corp Organisation is. After watching this video, I was immediately reminded of a comment…

08 May

Storytelling Presentations: Bullet points are such a bad idea

Sundar Pichai, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Richard Branson, and most of the world’s most inspiring speakers, do not use bullet points. Why don’t they use bullet points? If you have bullet points, you are making the audience listen to you and read the bullet points. That creates cognitive load. *University of Washington biologist, John Medina, has done extensive research into persuasion and…

01 May

Data Storytelling: Story Before Suggestions

Sam and his team, having worked hard to find an insight from data that they have received from their ecommerce team, finally find a meaningful insight after weeks of slicing and dicing the data. Excited, they walk in to a presentation to share the insight. Their presentation is structured like this: – We are here to make the following suggestions for an…

25 Apr

In B2B, the biggest story one aspires to create is, my boss is happy and shareholders are happy. It’s the need to create this same story that sometimes leads the CFOs to emphasise on cost cutting, because they need to make sure that the boss and shareholders are happy. Cost cutting can improve short-term profits and boost the current share price, but…

Narrative Storytelling Blog

Storytelling: After Delivering Workshops in 19 Countries…

Storytelling : “Have You Thought Of … ?” Is Not A Good Question

Storytelling: Addressing The Elephant In The Room

Storytelling, Turkish Get -Ups and Riding a Bike Backwards

Storytelling: Your Business Plan Will Not Work Without This

Storytelling: Victim To A Template Or A Storyteller?

Storytelling: B Corps and Safety Pins Can Teach Us Something

Storytelling Presentations: Bullet points are such a bad idea

Data Storytelling: Story Before Suggestions

Storytelling: The Sad Story of Dell Inc