Doug Lipman

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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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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The Power of Storytelling: 10 Authoritative Perspectives

September 12, 2012

My guess (only a guess) is that whenever a list of the greatest storytellers throughout history is compiled, Charles Dickens would be among those included.  The creative talents of other novelists (notably Balzac and Dostoevsky) are probably ranked higher but I think Dickens’ skills with setting a…

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Squirrel Inc.: A book review by Bob Morris

September 22, 2011

Squirrel Inc.: A Fable of Leadership through Storytelling Stephen Denning Josey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2004) Nuts R Us Think about it. Who are among the greatest storytellers throughout history? My own list includes Homer, Plato, Chaucer, Aesop, Jesus, Dante, Boccaccio, the…

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The power of a well-told story

January 31, 2011

Steve Denning, Annette Simmons, and Doug Lipman have written brilliant books on the subject of storytelling; more specifically, about how to write an effective business narrative. It is worth noting that CBS’s 60 Minutes is the longest running prime-time television show…

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