Category: Storytelling Tips & Mindset
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Why Most Presentations Fail — the Real Problem
Why Most Presentations Fail — And How to Fix the Real Problem Most corporate presentations fail. Not because the content is bad. Not because the speaker isn’t smart or prepared. But because the speaker hasn’t won the inner game. We tend to obsess over delivery: voice, gestures, slides. And sure, those matter. But they’re not…
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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 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 13, 𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱…until my dad casually flipped open a…
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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, I’m used to moments of engagement. But the truth is — we rarely see the long-term impact of what we do. How next gen Leadership Development really happens 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗼’𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴.Or how a single school visit might change a…
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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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Connection is Your Superpower in 2025
Got your supplies for 2025? Connection is your superpower. Connecting to people. Connecting people to people. People to ideas. We’ve got everything else. But before we can connect an audience to our message, they often need to connect with us first. I call this principle ‘messenger before message‘. Western audiences struggle to remember or even…
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Creating “Mutual Value” at Oxford Saïd Business School
Storytelling for Purpose and Profit at Oxford Yesterday I had the honour of teaching another module for Mutual Value Labs at Oxford Saïd 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…
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Lessons from the Head of Intelligence
Candid interview in NZZ with the Head of Swiss Intelligence, Christian Dussey. A brilliant man, Ambassador Dussey kindly hosted me as a Fellow at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy and as the Centre’s first Novelist-in-Residence. Also, he’s a great storyteller from whom I learned a lot… Allow me to reminisce and reflect on the…
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Why You DON’T use Business Storytelling
I admit it took me a few years to catch on. I’d have high-energy storytelling coaching sessions. They’d say they grasped how important it was to tell stories in business. But they didn’t do it. Now, I pride myself on being a tolerable teacher, but after seeing client after client fail to put storytelling into…
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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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The artist’s approach to saving the world
Hi, Story: Fiction as a tool for lateral thinking GCSP Director Ambassador Christian Dussey believes in learning from history — the obvious intersection between International Relations and story. As Churchill put it, “The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.” So how about using fiction as a means of…
