[eBook Code] Telling the Story (eBook Code, 1st)

Acknowledgments xiii

Foreword xv

Introduction: Turning the Page 1

Narrative Leadership 2

Once Upon a Time 4

Why We Need New Stories 5

About This Book 8

Water on the Rock 10

SECTION ONE: FOUNDATIONS 13

Chapter 1: Why Stories Matter 15

Swimming in a Sea of Stories 15

Imagining Ourselves 18

Imagining Each Other 19

Imagining the World 21

Changing the Story 26

Bonus: Life of Pi 27

Summary 28

Chapter 2: Rethinking Leadership 31

Making Common Sense 33

Case Study: The Force Review 38

Conclusions 40

Bonus: Erin Brockovich 42

Summary 43

SECTION TWO: ON STORIES 45

Chapter 3: Stories in Our Bones 47

Logos: The Science of Storytelling 49

Mythos: The Story of Storytelling 53

Bonus: Atanarjuat, The Fast Runner 60

Summary 61

Chapter 4: The World of Stories 63

Fact, Fiction, and Fantasy 63

Finding the Plot 71

Bonus: Big Fish 74

Summary 74

Chapter 5: How Stories Work 77

Information, Argument, and Story 82

Bonus: An Inconvenient Truth 87

Summary 89

SECTION THREE: NARRATIVE LEADERSHIP 91

Chapter 6: The Art of Narrative Leadership 93

Vinoba Bhave 98

Developing Our Capacity to Lead 105

Bonus: Alchemy in Action 109

Summary 110

Chapter 7: Know Thyself 113

The Storied Self 114

Being and Doing 117

Bonus: Groundhog Day 127

Summary 128

Chapter 8: Only Connect 131

Creating Communicative Spaces 132

Listening to the Story 138

Conversation Matters 139

Whose Stories Count? 141

Bonus: Local Hero 144

Summary 145

Chapter 9: Stand for Something 147

Leading Minds 148

What Is Your Story? 152

Bonus: The Man from Hope 161

Summary 162

SECTION FOUR: STORYTELLING 165

Chapter 10: So You Want To Tell a Story 167

What Kinds of Story Work Best? 176

Where Do I Find Stories to Tell? 179

Bonus: Made in Dagenham 181

Summary 181

Chapter 11: A Good Story Well Told 183

Castles in the Air 195

Bonus: The Simple Shapes of Stories 197

Summary 197

Chapter 12: On Your Feet 199

Story Coaching 200

Introducing Stories 205

Holding their Attention 206

Making Sure You Can Be Heard 210

Finding the Right Language 212

Bonus: The King’s Speech 214

Summary 214

SECTION FIVE: TIME AND CHANGE 217

Chapter 13: Time and Narrative 219

Learning from the Past: The Told Story 222

Standing in the Present: The Unfolding Story 232

Shaping the Future: The Imagined Story 236

Bonus: The Insider 241

Summary 242

Chapter 14: Storytelling for a Change 245

Don’t Think of an Elephant 246

Empires of the Mind 251

Bonus: The Foresters 261

Summary 262

Chapter 15: Life in the Fast Lane 265

Modern, Post-modern, and Hypermodern 266

The Medium and the Message 270

Storytelling in a Global Village 272

Signs of the Times 275

Bonus: Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room 282

Summary 283

SECTION SIX: BETWEEN STORIES 285

Chapter 16: Heart and Soul 287

Missing the Boat 289

Ambit and Ambition 292

Two Countries 296

Narrative Wreckage 299

Welcome to Wonderland 301

Bonus: Beasts of the Southern Wild 304

Summary 304

Appendix: Additional Resources 307

Index 311