Let diversity guide your internal story telling
Humans have an insatiable need for connection and communication. Storytelling is in our DNA. It’s how we make sense of the world. And this is equally the case in a work environment.
Communicating through a crisis, just be yourself
When a crisis hits it can be easy to think you need to change how you communicate both internally and externally but if you have solid communication processes in place there is no need to change.
Why good leadership is more than informed decision making
Whilst it’s accepted that leaders need to make informed decisions when communicating through a crisis. Good leadership is shown through listening and knowing how, what and when to communicate to those you lead especially when emotions and anxiety are running high.
Social impact critical mass
If you’re an organisation that wants to have a positive social impact or change the world, creating stories of impact and sharing your concepts widely for long enough periods, and gathering like-minded collaborators who add to the imagined reality that you want to create, you can help to generate a new way of doing things that can turn the tide.
Connection is Everything
The concepts of connection, community, story sharing and the interrelation of whole ecosystems and smaller ecosystems within that are shared by Tyson Yunkaporta in his book Sand Talk could change the world if only people would listen.
How important is it to share your own story?
I was listening to an episode of The Signal podcast recently about the life and achievements of Bob Hawke and realised that there was so little about him that I actually knew. When I arrived in Australia almost 30 years ago, Bob Hawke was nearing the end of his tenure and my most vivid memory…