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ISBN-13: | 9781118617168 |
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Publisher: | Wiley |
Publication date: | 05/19/2014 |
Pages: | 336 |
Product dimensions: | 6.30(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d) |
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xiiiForeword 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