It’s not often that I advocate children’s stories as a business tool, but if it comes to understanding a different national/regional culture, they can’t be beaten. There are plenty of organisations and books to help the business traveler with advice on which fingers to use for which gestures, whether it’s Read more…
I’m behind on some of the references from recent speaking engagements, but here are the references from yesterday’s session at ITV: The fonts and support for people with dyslexia are at Textic and the fonts are here. Style guides: The Guardian’s style guide is downloadable from here: Guardian style guide Read more…
I’ve just changed my reading habits. I’ve had to put down my current night-time reading, Gary Klein’s excellent "Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions", because it’s one of those rare books that sets off fireworks in my head on every page. It’s a phenomenal book – I’d recommend anyone Read more…
As promised, here are the various references from yesterday’s presentation at the internal communications conference: The Neuroscience of Leadership from Strategy+Business magazine – a good start on how to change behaviours Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions by Gary Klein – an excellent book that should be required reading Read more…
I promised the references from yesterday afternoon’s presentation on viral marketing. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, Malcolm Gladwell Unleashing the Ideavirus, Seth Godin Storytelling: Branding in Practice, Klaus Fog, Christian Budtz, Baris Yakaboylu Go Viral’s viral marketing handbook It’s always interesting chairing these conferences Read more…
Speaking in Prague to UNICEF fundraisers from around the world, I referenced various things. As promised, here are the notes. I used this fabulous piece of video from Larry Brilliant from his TED prize speech. You can also watch it online here or download audio only. There are more inspiring TED Read more…
Details here of a one-day seminar at the University of Bath on 18th December. Looking at the abstracts, there are quite a few that should be interesting, but I know I’m not yet versed in interpreting half the language in these – and could be completely missing the mark of Read more…
What looks like a promising new book on narrative and storytelling in organisations has just been published. And if you buy between now and Thursday 19th October (i.e. tomorrow…), there’s a collection of free additions to your purchase! Click here to buy the book:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0787982709?ie=UTF8&tag=sayitwithasto2-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0787982709 Afterwards, click here to get your Read more…