Stories can bring different perspectives to life. We can have good intentions, but stories can help us see how they create the wrong incentives.
Wrong Incentives can come from Good Intentions
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From the Blog on Stories
We need better stories
Clear stories and messages win the day; they may not be the ‘best’ story, but clarity resonates. However, Change is complex and only one story doesn’t help.
There’s magic in them there words
When we lead change, we need to figure out ways to connect the change with the heart; our heart and those of others. Stories still are the most effective
Oh I never thought of it that way before
Stories told well can help. Especially when they are told by people themselves. “Oh I never thought of it that way before” can be the response.
The Villain inside us
The resistance is rarely about facts and logic; it’s usually about fear and the stories we tell ourselves. We need to tell better stories.
We are all Storytellers
In answer to "what did you do this weekend?", we tell a story. In answer to "how are your children?", we tell a story. In answer to "what do you do?", we tell a story. In answer to "where are you going?", we tell a story. In answer to "why do we need to change", we...
Change the record, but keep playing music
One of my work colleagues has the incredible gift of leading creative meetings - she never just uses the standard powerpoint and lecture mode; there is always various creative elements to the meeting. One of the small, but critical techniques she uses is to always...
Heart, then Head: A Change Law?
How many movies or films that you watch start out with a list of facts of the backstory of the characters? Very few, if any. We don't start movies with a talking head saying, this is Amos the third of three, born to Dutch immigrants to Canada, and so on. Yet,...
Most of us don’t care about specs
The laptop on which I write this has an i7 core 2.8 GHz processor, 16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3 memory, Intel HD Graphics 630 1536 MB, bluetooth, iBridge, and so on. What does most of this mean? I don't know. Is it what I need? I don't know, it works for me, so I guess so....