Navigating Perspectives: A Leader’s Guide to Effective Storytelling

Almost all good stories, whether shared by a leader or a professional storyteller, share a common attribute. They always share the perspective or the world view of a characters. Another common thread among all good stories is that they have simple storylines about complex characters or situations. As leaders, when we are sharing stories, we need to keep in mind the perspective are we telling the story (ours or the audience or someone else) from and be consistent with it. It is easier said than done and that is why we need to consistently practice this skill at every opportunity […]

Intellectual Curiosity, Critical Thinking and Perspective Taking

Just finished reading by Hank Barnes on Gartner’s blog where he talks about his pet peeves with the B2B world and I quote My biggest pet peeve is that the B2B world has DEVOLVED to  a world where three things don’t seem to be valued anymore – Hank Barnes (On the Gartner blog) The three things that he mentions are “Intellectual Curiosity, Critical Thinking and Perspective taking”. While he talks from the perspective of Businesses dealing with other Businesses, I reckon, these are true for each and everyone of us and in every sphere of life – both personal and professional. While […]