Category: News
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Storytelling at Walmart
Big thanks to Walmart for welcoming me to its Home Offices. I enjoyed discussing “The Storytelling Advantage”, especially how interested Walmart associates were in Business Storytelling as a leadership hack, from getting buy-in for a strategy to making a personal connection with others. Also, thanks for buying 100 copies of my book, Business Storytelling from…
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Fortune’s Favor named a Best Truly Independent Book of 2022
The Independent Fiction Alliance (IFA) chose our thriller, Fortune’s Favor, as one of 75 books – “The Best Truly Independent Books of 2022”. Chosen from among independently published books, as opposed to Big 5 publishers. Thank you, IFA, and congratulations to our fellow winners!
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Times of India on my Business Storytelling book
With the business environment more unpredictable and business more competitive than ever, you need an edge. Fortunately, the change with the biggest impact on performance is free: telling business stories. Communication barriers lead to a delay or failure to complete projects (44%), to low morale (31%), and missed performance goals (25%). Storytelling ‘hacks through’ communications…
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‘Frontlist’ Interview: How is Business Storytelling different?
Interview with Jyoti Guptara, Author of “Business Storytelling From Hype To Hack” Frontlist: How is business storytelling different from typical storytelling? Jyoti: Business Storytelling simply means using stories to accomplish business goals. Sometimes it looks like telling an actual story, usually between thirty seconds and two minutes. At other times, it’s more about applying narrative principles to…
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Media coverage of Business Storytelling from Hype to Hack
In its last August 2022 edition, Business World featured my Business Storytelling from Hype to Hack favorably in its ‘lead review’. Thank you for the kind words, Meha Mathur! Several other publications have featured the book recently. Frontlist ran a nice interview with me, which got some attention on social media: Thank you for the…
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My piece in Pravasi Indians mag: business hack Storytelling for Development
Storytelling is Jugaad for Development – a Business Hack Developing countries such as India can fast-track progress by embracing Storytelling, argues business storytelling expert. The first time I visited India, aged six, I remember being fascinated by the make-shift contraptions street vendors engineered to make their lives easier. (Washing machine-mixed lassi, anyone?) My father explained…
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Collaboration over Competition
Looks like a competitor has taken notice of my book… first 1 star review! Yay! Wait. Yay?! Why celebrate? I don’t check reviews often but after 1.5 years of having only 4 and 5 star ratings on Amazon – an AVERAGE of 5 stars – I suddenly notice the average has dropped to “only” 4.5…
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Creativity in Education talk at Teacher conference
Last weekend, I spoke and taught at the Pädagogische Hochschule St. Gallen (PHSG). The teacher training conference was under the heading “Creativity – Learning for Tomorrow”. Here’s a short writeup by someone else: The topic was introduced with a skit illustrating the importance of innovation in education. As an example of discovering creative talent at schools, the…
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Essay in Wasafiri mag
For its 30th anniversary edition, Wasafiri commissioned a piece on my creative influences. Published quarterly, Wasafiri is Britain’s premier magazine for international contemporary writing. Thanks for the kind invitation to contribute! I hope you enjoy the essay, “Quest for Immortality”, which you can read here. Cheers, Jyoti
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Leaving GCSP
For the past six months, I have had the privilege of being the GCSP’s first Novelist-in-Residence. During my time here as a Fellow, the seventh floor of the GCSP’s petal at the Maison de la paix has undergone major changes, starting with the name itself. No longer “Senior Management”, the lift takes you up to…
