Tag: stories we tell ourselves

Leadership

The Most Important Stories we Tell

The most important stories we tell are those that we tell to ourselves and about ourselves. The collection of these stories then become our operating system. The operating system of a computer or our mobile phone puts the limitations that all the other applications or programs that we run on that computer need to follow and adhere to. Similarly, our stories create the limitations under which we end up operating. It doesn’t matter what these stories are. They create the boundary conditions under which we end up operating. So, we need to constantly relook at the stories we tell ourselves […]

Innovation, Podcast

PBTO40: Transforming Observation into Innovation with Andrea Simon

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Who is on the Show: In this episode, we are hosting Dr. Andrea Simon. She is the principal and founder of Simon Associates Management Consultants (SAMC) and the author of the upcoming book “On the Brink”. Why is she on the show: She is a corporate anthropologist and helps organizations, large and small, drive change by helping them rethink their strategy, customers and the culture in your own organisation. She has won numerous Addy and Aster awards for her marketing and advertising campaigns. She is a well-published author with articles in Forbes,Business Week and numerous publications and online blogs. She is a guest blogger […]

Marketing

We Become the Stories We Tell Ourselves

We have all heard the famous quote from Henry Ford: “Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t–you’re right.” This quote captures something that is so important and fundamental, that I have come to think of this every single day for the past few weeks. I then stumbled up on the video below: I think that this is a powerful video. It goes on to show that that we as individuals and society become the stories the sum total of the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves. So, if it is your dream to transform yourself or the society, […]