As we drown in big data, storytelling becomes our lifeguard
Can you imagine Thog, and his associate Krag, on the Savannah a few million years ago assessing the cheetah in the bush? Their survival minds (which were identical to ours)…
Top business leaders turning data into drama to motivate teams with storytelling
On this episode of The Business of Storytelling with legendary screenwriting coach Robert McKee, we’ll explore why storytelling typically freaks out stiff executives who’d rather present data than reveal the…
Does business survival require better storytelling? Nearly 500 corporate communicators think so.
The folks who produce the Incite: Marketing and Incite: Communications Summits in New York asked their attendees what are the most pressing concerns they’d like to have covered in the…
McKee Monday’s Part 2: “Our Mind is a Story-Making Machine”
We have to have the numbers and the information to give us a sense of our business’ vital signs. But it takes narrative to allow people to wrap their minds…
I think Maslow created the “Designed by Apple in California” campaign
Apple doesn’t sell what it does. Apple sells what it does FOR YOU. Big difference. It tells stories that tap your emotions and enlighten your view of the brand’s place…
How storytelling can make even the most repulsive creatures downright cuddly
Ever hear of the Aye Aye? I’m sure if you ever saw one you’d remember. This fascinatingly disgusting little creature is just one of the weird stars in the animal…
How the purpose told story can ignite people, organizations and business
Michele and I were in Hollywood over the Father’s Day weekend to celebrate the premieres of two short films created by our son. We stayed at the Historic Hollywood Hotel,…
McKee Mondays: The Business of Storytelling
I had the rare honor of interviewing a storytelling legend the other day. Robert McKee, arguably the world’s top screenwriting coach with nearly 50 of his students earning Academy Awards,…
Matt Damon’s potty humor pushes movement
There is nothing funny about 780 million people without clean drinking water. Or 2.5 billion people that lack access to a toilet or proper sanitation. So it may surprise you…
30 years of mankind’s impact on the planet caught on tape by NASA and Google
Gary Larson, the biologist-meets-comic cartoonist who created The Far Side, caught fire with the public because of his unique juxtaposition of the universe versus our little lives. This cartoon of…
