Stephen Denning
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…
Read MoreThe Age of Agile: How Smart Companies Are Transforming the Way Work Get Done Stephen Denning AMACOM (February 2018) How and why “organizations are connecting everyone and everything, everywhere, all the time” and what that means I cannot recall a…
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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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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: 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 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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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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Adam Bryant conducts interviews of senior-level executives that appear in his “Corner Office” column each week in the SundayBusiness section of The New York Times. Here are a few insights provided during an interview of Amy Schulman, executive vice president…
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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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Essential Elements of Storytelling
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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