Stories help us do many things — bring an unseen future to life, communicate shared values, and even sell new products and services. To illustrate the latter, I’m going to share a story I first heard in my earliest days … Read More →

Starting all over again doesn’t feel like a good thing. In board games, we land on the wrong spot and are punished by being sent back to the beginning. Progress on a chart is linear, climbing up and to the … Read More →

This past weekend we did something special in the online MBA program at the University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business where I teach—we had students on campus. In launching a popular online program, we’ve been looking for ways to … Read More →

Leadership and storytelling. If you also have ‘collaboration’ and ‘engagement’ and the free space, you should have a Buzzword Bingo. It’s easy to find these topics covered in talks at conferences, the pages of books, and articles online—like this one … Read More →

As I’ve written recently, story can be a powerful tool for marketers looking to cut through the clutter in the distracted, digital world we find ourselves in. When you hear a story, your brain lights up with cortex activity in … Read More →

Let me tell you a story …  I bet those six words got your attention. As overwhelmed human beings, we are, in short, story machines. We consume stories in many forms throughout our day and write stories of our own to … Read More →

We’re all in the storytelling business. Whether you’re a marketing professional at a Fortune 500 company, running a small business, fundraising for a non-profit, or communicating on behalf of a government agency, you’re responsible for telling your brand’s story with the intention of producing … Read More →