Tag: Storytelling

Leadership

Storytelling and Leadership

As leaders, one of our primary responsibility is to share ideas and our vision in a manner that those we lead can not only remember in full but also be able to spread it further as and when required. The best way to do so is through the medium of stories. Over the next few posts, we will explore the kinds of stories we need to be able to tell and on the art and science of storytelling and how we can get better at it.

Leadership

Stories Provide Emotional Transport for Ideas!

Stories are powerful because they provide emotional transport to ideas. Emotions, specially strong one’s, have the ability to leave their imprints on our psyche. So, if we are in the business of spreading ideas or innovation, we need to get better at telling stories. If we are in the business of building influence, we need to get better at telling stories. If we are in the business of leading and want to share our visions, we need to get better at telling stories. If we are in the business of inspiring people, we need to get better at telling stories. […]

Ideas

The Finest Example of Storytelling using Data

I have seen a lot of presenters who use data to influence or persuade their audience. In most cases, they end up overwhelming their audience. If you were to ask the audience a couple of days later about what they remember from the presentation, usually, people do not remember much. So, it was with utmost excitement and reverence, I would like to share the best presentation that i have ever seen that uses data to persuade the audience. This is a TED talk delivered by Hans Rosling (almost a couple of decades ago) and what is most remarkable about this […]