Jyoti’s business storytelling blog
Brand Stories | Story-Selling | Leadership Storytelling
I started this blog in June 2022 for the release of the International Edition of my book, Business Storytelling from Hype to Hack. The blog gives storytelling tips, best practices, and case studies to make you a more effective leader and communicator. Please check back often! You can also follow me on LinkedIn, where this blog is syndicated. I’d love to continue the conversation with you there!
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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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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…
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Earning liberty, enabling human security
Does putting rights before responsibilities pose an impediment to development as well as a grass-roots danger? Jyoti Guptara, GCSP’s novelist-in-residence, examines the disconnect between rights rhetoric at an international level and the way people perceive and interpret them, and argues that culture is king when it comes to human security. Inscribed over an arched entrance…
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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…
