Annette Simmons

The Leader’s Guide to Storytelling: A book review by Bob Morris

June 20, 2023

The Leader’s Guide to Storytelling: Mastering the Art and Discipline of Business Narrative, Revised and Updated Steven Denning Jossey-Bass (2011) How and Why Storytelling Skills Give So Many Leaders a Decisive Competitive Advantage Those who have read Denning’s The Springboard and/or…

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Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins: A book review by Bob Morris

February 2, 2022

Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins: How to Use Your Own Stories to Communicate with Power and Impact Annette Simmons AMACOM (May 2015) How to “lay the groundwork for using stories as credible tools” to “adjust the perceptions your stories…

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Drinking from a Different Well: A book review by Bob Morris

December 10, 2021

Drinking from a Different Well: How Women’s Stories Change What Power Means in Action Annette Simmons Collaborative Narrative Solutions (September 2021)  A thorough and eloquent indictment of “unchecked competitive narratives and oppressive systems” The companies annually ranked among those most…

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Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins: A book review by Bob Morris

May 12, 2015

Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins: How to Use Your Own Stories to Communicate with Power and Impact Annette Simmons AMACOM (May 2015) How to “lay the groundwork for using stories as credible tools” to “adjust the perceptions your stories…

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Tips for Telling a Meaningful Story

January 29, 2015

In Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World, Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler provide a wealth of in formation, in sights, and counsel that cover a wide range of subjects of greatest interest and value…

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Essential Elements of Storytelling

May 23, 2014

There are dozens of excellent sources of information, insights, and counsel concerning the art and science of storytelling. Later in this post, I will suggest a few. Meanwhile, I am pleased to share material provided by Karl Kappa, Lucas Blair,…

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StoryBranding: A book review by Bob Morris

April 11, 2013

StoryBranding: Creating Stand-Out Brands Through The Power of Story Jim Signorelli Greenleaf Book Group Press (2013) A sound introduction to storytelling fundamentals that can help to create or increase demand for whatever you offer for sale Thanks to Stephen Denning,…

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Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling

March 21, 2013

Whatever the nature and extent of a presentation, be it formal or informal, whatever the objective(s) and audience may be, you will probably have much greater success if you anchor the material in a human context. The best way to do…

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The Leader’s Guide to Storytelling: A book review by Bob Morris

December 28, 2012

The Leader’s Guide to Storytelling: Mastering the Art and Discipline of Business Narrative (Second Edition) Stephen Denning Jossey-Bass (2011) Certain to Become a “Business Classic” Those who have read Denning’s The Springboard and/or Squirrel Inc. already know that he specializes…

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Lead with a Story: A book review by Bob Morris

September 16, 2012

Lead with a Story: A Guide to Crafting Business Narratives That Captivate, Convince, and Inspire Paul Smith AMACOM (2012) “Experience is the best teacher. A compelling story is a close second.”   This book is among the best that discuss one or more…

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