Leadership

29 May

We like to think that when we take medication, it has an unfailing ability to get to where it is required in the body to treat the illness. But do you know, the cells we are trying to treat themselves can block entry to the drug because they think it’s something foreign and potentially harmful. Basically, I don’t know you, I don’t…

02 Apr

Happy Birthday Apple! We all know Apple as one of the finest technology brands but apart from technology lessons Apple has taught us some psychology lessons too. On Apple’s 38th Birthday today, as a Business of Stories, I want to share one of the best told stories from Steve Jobs that I have enjoyed, learned, applied and benefited from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkTf0LmDqKI After watching…

24 Mar

Value Storytelling is same as Living Values

What I want you to do is to go back to how you felt on the first day of your job. You probably felt a mixture of excitement and uncertainty. You would have had an orientation and got to know a lot of exciting things through orientation. One of the topics flashed on the orientation slides would have been ‘Company Values’. You…

02 Feb

Business Storytelling with Dr Benedict Tan: Humility in Action

Today, my story is based on personal experience and centered around Humility. Recently, I was at Changi Cove working with Doctors and Healthcare Leaders. It was a fun day of crafting Narrative Medicine that involved hospital deaths, brand positioning and leadership. At one stage, Dr Ben Tan (one of the participants) and I spent 20 mins working on one of his upcoming…

14 Jan

Safety comes first Storytelling: The Best Business Story I’ve heard in 2014

My work gives me an opportunity to listen to a lot of good business stories. So naturally, I add those good stories to my story bank by writing the key details and tagging them with the most important point. However, sometimes I come across a business story that makes me want to work with the person that’s telling the story. This happens…

Leadership

Change Management ? Trojan Storytelling Part 1 of 2

Best told stories from Steve Jobs

Value Storytelling is same as Living Values

Business Storytelling with Dr Benedict Tan: Humility in Action

Safety comes first Storytelling: The Best Business Story I’ve heard in 2014