In an age where we can’t compete with the productivity proposition of GenAI, we must learn to find a new edge. The new edge is in producing distinctive work. No doubt GenAI amps our productivity but it is still not at a stage where it can produce distinctive work.
To produce distinctive work, you must perform Deep Work.
Given below are 4…
Chris works as a marketing manager for an e-commerce company. Every day, her computer screen is filled with numbers that she has to make sense of.
When asked about her role in the business, she says, “I make meaning of numbers. The way I do that is by exporting those numbers from software to an Excel spreadsheet, then turning that spreadsheet into…
During the COVID-19 outbreak, I would see graphs and charts of increasing cases being shared all the time which would leave me puzzled because I would also see plenty of people violating physical distancing measures and not taking the actions they should have taken after looking at scary graphs showing the cases going up. I wondered why we were not taking action.…
There is no doubt that the corporate world understands that storytelling is a weapon of mass attraction. One of the storytelling lessons that the corporate world is becoming increasingly good at adopting is making the story relevant to its audience. They know that we can’t just build and amplify a message that promises organisational growth, we have to think hard about what…
A story that doesn’t resonate will never be true for your audience. Even if it is factual. We know the importance of resonance with storytelling.
However, the risks of resonance are under-explored. Every storyteller who attempts to bring resonance must take the responsibility to analyse the risks with resonance too.
When we want a story to resonate, we remind people of the…
Examples will get attention but Stories will get you affinity.
Samantha ( not her real name ) is a young researcher at a high-profile agency dealing with National threats.
I was curious about her role at the agency, so I asked her how she goes about doing research. She quickly responded that her sources are open sources like newspapers, articles, and magazines.…
This illustration captures the process of Finding and Assembling a Story to make a point.
I elaborate on this process in detail in my upcoming book Strategic Storytelling: Why Some Stories Drive Your Success at Work but Others Don’t.
If you are not new here you would know that my upcoming boom Strategic Storytelling published by The Hachette Book Group is launching …
“idiosyncrasy credits—the latitude to deviate from the group’s expectations. Idiosyncrasy credits accrue through respect, not rank: they’re based on contributions.”
― Originals: How Nonconformists Move the World
In this explanation of idiosyncrasy credits is a lesson in storytelling. I aim to answer two things in this short blog
1) Why to storytell is to be idiosyncratic?
Firstly, the moment…
Whether we are building a template, service, or product, the ability to scale it remains top of mind for the creator. Storytelling is no different. Most people say., ” I want to build this story and then tell it across all platforms and for a long time.
However, scaling stories is a fallacy.
Why?
One of the most important criteria of a…
Why do women feel a slump in their confidence whilst storytelling and what can they do about it?
In 2019, I walked into a boardroom meeting with three men waiting for me to take them through what I had planned to solve their team’s communication challenge.
As soon as I saw the dynamics in the room, I knew that I am going…