"What does it take to become good at storytelling?" asked a Storytelling masterclass participant from Morocco. A standard answer to this question is - Practice the hell out and you will fall in flow. But why does practice work? The practice works not because it allows seamless delivery alone. The practice works because when we are confident of the delivery, we have the mental presence to respond...

Samantha wanted to ask her colleague Matt something about the project they are working on. She walked up to him and said, "Can I just have 5 mins of your time?" Mariam writes an email to her boss, "Dear XYZ, I am just checking when would you like me to have the next town hall. Rgds, Mariam "Just" has a high concentration in the choice of words women use to communicate. As I became aware of it, I...

" I made a short film last year that did very well" said a podcast host who had just finished interviewing me. Short film! I was intrigued and watched it straight after the interview. I admired the maker's courage and effort. However, I had several questions in my head too. Why did he not promote himself as a filmmaker? Why only when I asked, he shared his story. He should have told his story...

Corporate Storytelling lacks adoption due to its wrong positioning. Gifted, creative, charismatic and confident are words associated with storytellers. And this very association demotivates corporate leaders to want to adopt an identity of a corporate storyteller. Fair enough, I would say, because all the adjectives associated with being a storyteller seem far fetched for a time poor corporate...

A real story of the use of Storytelling for Artificial Intelligence. Samantha is the President of a FMCG organization that has launched an AI project. The goal of the project is for every department within the organization to have an AI-led initiative. This has caused some unrest in the non-technical departments who fear AI. One such department is Human Resources. These departments do not...

Tell me about yourself? What is the story you tell when asked that question? If you have ever wondered what is the best answer to that question, then this blog is for you. In 2006 Melbourne, there was a sense of anxiety in the office corridor conversations amongst my team members. A new boss was starting next week. She had a reputation of being a hard task master. Not many people liked her, and...