Kategorie: Storytelling
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Taking Stories Seriously
Pullman, Philip (2017). Magic Carpets: The Writer’s Responsibilities. Ed. Simon Mason. Daemon Voices: On Stories and Storytelling, 3. Story behind the Passage Someone who is thinking about writing a book with me told me today: “Silke, you are very serious about stories. You really mean it. The way you get into stories, it is really…
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What Startups Can Learn From Horses
Roberts, Monty (2002). Horse Sense for People: The Man Who Listens to Horses Talks to People, Foreword. Story behind the Passage Many startups want to become unicorns. But the name already indicates how rare they are. Companies valued at over one billion USD can be counted on the fingers of one hand in most nations….
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Never Burn Bridges An Issue Of Identification And Problem Solving
Medium Story behind the Passage This article above was in my Medium Daily Digest. Sometimes I read the recommended articles, sometimes I do not. Today, I just had to read this one because it directly addressed my present learning about personal branding and impact. Well, the algorithm knows what I am thinking about, right, so…
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The Empty Chair And The Sausage Sandwich Man In The Sauna
Pink, Daniel H. (2012): To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth about Moving Others, 87. The Story behind the Passage I just had a little panic attack. I wanted to write about To Sell Is Human today but then I could not find the book. There is an easy explanation for this: I am (quite) messy….
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Post Corona Leadership Commander S Intent And No Damn Chicken Salad
Heath, Chip, and Dan Heath (2008): Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die, 29. The Story behind the Passage I am thinking a lot about leadership these days. Well, I have always been thinking a lot about leadership because, as I have come to understand, everything in life is about leadership in one…
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Prologue Startup Story Learning
Prologue: Startup Story Learning Photo by Daria Nepriakhina on Unsplash My Story Today is day 1 of an experiment I am starting. As with any experiment, I have no idea where this is going. I just know that my fear is that it will end up nowhere. But that is not true, I know this already. It…
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Startups-Are-Stories
The Story behind the Passage Gallagher, Leigh (2017): The Airbnb Story: How Three Ordinary Guys Disrupted an Industry, Made Billions… and Created Plenty of Controversy, 3. The Story behind the Passage Somehow I am spending much time on the phone this week — but this time is absolutely well-invested. Yesterday I ended up talking a lot about…