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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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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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Speaking on script: the loss of engagement in modern speeches
May 20, 2016This week, I traveled to the United States, where I have now been for several days. As is often...
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How Leaders Use Personal Stories to Make a Tangible Difference
May 12, 2016The forthcoming book that I referred to in the last post—about how individuals use their personal stories of identity...
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A quandary about my next book
May 6, 2016Other than a hectic travel schedule and my recent philosophical ramblings—on Albert Camus, Sisyphus, Marcel Proust, and the like—a...
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How to find meaning in seemingly meaningless work
April 1, 2016Camus’ philosophical essay Le mythe de Sisyphe ends with these words: “La lutte elle-même vers les sommets suffit à remplir un...
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How existential philosophy made me a better manual worker
March 24, 2016Sometimes, when I remark that I have always enjoyed manual labor, friends and colleagues comment that it is relatively...