Alien translator… That’s genius! As a child of the 70’s and 80’s I’m willing to admit… I’m a Star Wars fan. But I’m even more of a Boba Fett fan. Recently, while watching an episode of the streaming series The Book of Boba Fett, I noticed one of the aliens (I don’t know what they’re …
4 Ways to Sell with a Story
When to Use a Story “Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.” – Hans Christian Andersen, Danish Author “My biggest concern is that they won’t apply what they learn in your class. They won’t see how to use it in their every day work.” My customer expressed a very real concern and it was …
The Failure of STEM?
I recently had a conversation with a Senior Manager in Software Development. He manages a team of brilliant software developers who solve complex issues with their programming. But when they brought their findings to business management to request approvals to proceed, they failed to gain it. When the suggestion of simplified messaging was raised with …
If you’re moving to virtual training, you have Four Options
COVID-19 has turned the training world upside down. You’ve heard of flipped classrooms? Well guess what… now they’re all flipped with virtual training! How do you deliver training when people can’t gather together physically, for meetings, for training, for projects… for anything? You can either cancel all your training or you can find another way …
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Your best source for a business story
Enjoying a cup of coffee and a conversation just like you’ve done many times before. You love conversations with this person. She always tells the best stories. Come to think of it… she’s not like everyone else you know. Not everyone keeps you this engaged with a story. Why is that? What makes her stories …
Want to be More Creative? Try this…
I was holding the marker, standing at the whiteboard and waiting for someone to give me an idea to write down… but they didn’t. They were tapped out. My students had just come up with about 20 ideas and were fresh out of material at this point. Have you been there? When you’re at this …
Three Tools to Make Better Decisions
We make decisions all day long. Some are simple (froot loops or cheerios?) while others can be quite complex (quit my job or stay?) Some internet sources say it could be as many as 35,000 per day, which obviously includes all the simple decisions. How can we get better at making the tough decisions without …
The Fable Story Template and When to Use it
From Aesop’s fablesto Jesus’ parables, we’ve heard these types of stories our whole life. The fable is both powerful and easy to implement. Here’s why you should consider using them the next time you want to focus on a truth and reinforce the core values of your corporate culture. Fables and parables are fictional stories …