Someone asked me this week about the case for reading fiction (as opposed to science, politics, more weighty genres), and my answer is always the same: stories are how we fuel our ability to make change. And it doesn't really matter if you're reading something that's true in the sense of having happened to real … Continue reading The Value of a Good Story
Tag: storytime
Telling the Right Story
Time for another look at the stories we tell, about ourselves and about our business. As one of the resident Story Folk for our local 1MC community, I give this advice on a weekly basis--though usually I don't have this kind of space to develop my thoughts. When thinking about your story, it's important to … Continue reading Telling the Right Story
Rule of Thumb
Look, if I'm going to use this tag to collect this series, it makes sense to take a look at the origin of this phrase. It's a favorite for highlighting the risks of defaulting to inherited grammar rules without understanding how they've been set in the first place or whether the story you're told has … Continue reading Rule of Thumb
Ersatz Excitement
Last week, I fooled the news. Like a lot of other campuses in the US, my alma mater has been making a lot of highly public missteps, earning them the moniker of Homeless Student University--among other things. National news attention and public outcry has not stopped the university from continuing to focus on enrollment numbers … Continue reading Ersatz Excitement
Something Polished 