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Story should take center stage in our presentations
September 15, 2017Most of the time on this blog, I write about subjects that are distinct from the work I happen...
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Emotion and effectiveness in the discourse of Donald Trump
May 4, 2017In the last post, we focused our attention on the power of emotional discourse. As we noted, a significant...
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Emotion trumps fact and reason
April 26, 2017In a post dated March 24, I listed some of the items I reflected on as I watched CNN’s...
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“Nobody predicted this”: How Donald Trump’s narrative persuaded Middle America
April 12, 2017Our last post closed with a cursory discussion of Donald Trump’s use of personal narrative during his successful campaign...
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Even a superficial personal narrative can be compelling: Part Two
April 5, 2017Continuing on our theme from last time, it should be clear to anyone reading this that I have lamented...
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Even a superficial personal narrative can be compelling: Part One
March 31, 2017In the past weeks and months, I have put forth on several occasions my opinion that neither Hillary Clinton...
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In search of the power behind Trump’s superficial narrative: Part Two
March 24, 2017As I wrote in the previous post, for the past few weeks I have been following a series of...
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In search of the power behind Trump’s superficial narrative: Part One
March 17, 2017This week, I continue my examination of the effectiveness of Donald Trump’s personal narrative. At first, my plan was to...
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The psychology of storytelling
March 2, 2017My post from two weeks ago “How personal storytelling builds trust with listeners” (dated 17 February), drew a number...
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Is sport such a poor metaphor for management?
February 23, 2017These days, when I sit down to write a blog post, there are two somewhat surprising threads running simultaneously through my...