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Spontaneity in public speaking
August 4, 2016Last time, I closed the post with an appeal for more unscripted speeches, and for increased spontaneity in public discourse....
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The power of interaction among story, teller and listeners – part 2
July 28, 2016In our example from last time, we discussed how Martin Luther King was growing into new stories of identity, framed...
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The power of interaction among story, teller and listeners – part 1
July 21, 2016In the next two posts, my plan is to highlight several concepts from recent entries, and review them through...
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Dynamic interaction of story, teller and listeners
July 14, 2016As I wrote in the last post, it was my coaching of others that caused me to discover how...
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Reflections on storytelling and self-image
July 7, 2016In the last post, I made reference to one of the core concepts of both my consulting work and...
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Stories create leaders as much as leaders create stories
July 1, 2016If one studies the great leaders of history, one often observes a synergistic relationship between leader and story. As...
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The stories we shape will also shape us
June 23, 2016This week, one of my favorite reflections about storytelling—from the recently departed British novelist Terry Pratchett (1948-2015)—came to mind:...
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Our tightly scripted modern political discourse
June 16, 2016This week, I had planned to write something more about Martin Luther King, a reflection on how he progressed as...
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How Martin Luther King Jr. came to tell the world about his dream
June 10, 2016As I wrote last time, if Martin Luther King had stuck to his script for the March on Washington...
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How Martin Luther King prepared himself to improvise
June 2, 2016Recently, as I was reading through some notes I took about Martin Luther King during my doctoral study, I...