Category: News
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Storytelling: the Most Powerful Tool in Business Communication
Why Storytelling Is the Most Powerful Tool in Business Communication. Last week, I was invited to give a keynote in Aarau to 150 communication leaders from across Switzerland. The topic:Why storytelling is no longer a nice-to-have โ but a strategic advantage in business communication. We explored something that most teams are struggling with:How do you…
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New book: 10 Ways to Invest (not mine-but…)
The Power of Storytelling behind the scenes Is storytelling always about the stage? The spotlight? The front cover? Or are there times when storytelling behind the scenes might actually get you further? When a Book Changed My View of My Dad ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ 13, ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐บ๐ ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑโฆuntil my dad casually flipped open a…
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Storytelling for Websites
Good storytelling for websites can double conversion (lead generation) – without the need for any additional traffic. We invested in our website and saw a huge increase in visibility. But hereโs what matters just as much: conversion. And thatโs where storytelling comes in. Hereโs what I learned. Why Investing in Your Website Is Only Half…
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Stories Change Lives | A Storytelling Coach Moment
After hundreds of Storytelling Events As a business storytelling coach, keynote speaker and trainer, Iโm used to moments of engagement. But the truth is โ we rarely see the long-term impact of what we do. How next gen Leadership Development really happens ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผโ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด.Or how a single school visit might change a…
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Keynote Speaker for Swiss national Kirchen-Kommunikationstag
When 14-year-old Matija asked to interview me – and mentioned aspirations to publish his own fantasy #novel – I invited him to join me at one of my #storytelling workshops. The newspaper editor was so impressed, he made it the cover feature! The newspaper reached out to publicise my #talk on April 25. I’m keynote…
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Free Audio Summary of ‘Business Storytelling’
People are always asking me if there’s an audiobook of ‘Business Storytelling from Hype to Hack‘. I get it – I listen more than read myself these days. While not quite there, this is a step in that direction… A 16 minute audio summary of the book. Created with AI. I’ve used Google’s (free) Notebook…
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Business Storytelling book sold out in Asia
My book ‘Business Storytelling’ is sold out in Asia. ๐ฅณ This is both good and bad… Good, because it means the book actually sold. Which most books don’t. Bad, because it’s temporarily unavailable (in bookstores in Asia). While it’s sold out in bookstores, the Amazon print-on-demand version is still available for purchase online. Really good,…
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Indian Literary Festival with Storytelling Focus
My first Indian literary festival was Kitabfest, in Mumbai, in 2007. It was hosted at the famous Taj hotel, just months before the infamous bombing there. So it was with many memories I returned to Mumbai for a two-day training, helping relationship managers at a Swiss private bank use Business Storytelling for relational and consultative…
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Leadership Formation with Prime Minister Eduard Heger
Prime Minister Eduard Heger went from zero politics to PM in 6 years. He was “the least prepared” PM of Slovakia – and the only one to lead his country successfully through multiple crises:๐ฅ Covid๐ฅ Double-digit inflation๐ฅ Coalition crisis๐ฅ Energy crisis๐ฅ War This weekend I had the huge honour of teaching at a Leadership Formation…
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Creating “Mutual Value” at Oxford Saรฏd Business School
Storytelling for Purpose and Profit at Oxford Yesterday I had the honour of teaching another module for Mutual Value Labs at Oxford Saรฏd Business School. My session was titled “Storytelling for Purpose, Persuasion and Profit”. Mutual Value Labs helps organisations by Putting Purpose into Practice (the title of the book on the subject edited by…
