Business Storytelling

When you’re listening to a speaker tell a story, if the speaker is a good storyteller, it will connect with you and you will be inspired. The connection happens because through the speaker’s story, resonance is created and you feel seen, heard and valued. Even if the story is about the speaker or someone else, you are able to find yourself in …

In a corporate setting we are obsessed with many C’s of communication : Clear, Credible, Concise. But we often ignore the most important C, which is connection. Connection is the key to action. Communication→ Connection → Action    Having worked in and with corporates for over long time now, I have learnt that most corporate leaders are able to build connection…

Just before dinner last night, my daughter and I were on the phone to my mother. At one stage during the call we had a big laugh. Later, during dinner my husband asked, “ Why were you guys laughing?” I asked him, “Do you want the facts or the story? His response, which I had already anticipated was, “Just give me the …

We learn most from failures. So, we must share failure stories. But here is a mistake we make repeatedly whilst sharing failure stories of others, unknowingly, we blame the failure ⁣ ⁣ You did not study, you did not get the results ⁣ ⁣ You did not work hard, you did not get the job ⁣ ⁣ You did not exercise, you…

“Anjali, our incident report is filled with information on small accidents that happen everyday. People only pay attention to big accidents .As a result, small accidents occur in high frequency. It’s this low consequence nature of small accidents that prohibit people from paying attention but these small accidents put together create high consequences.”⁣ ⁣ This is what a factory safety officer shared.…