A conversation with the University of Utah’s Jay Barney about how leaders who successfully drive cultural change communicate through authentic, compelling stories.
The role of storytelling in the creation of brand love: the PANDORA case
The study of storytelling and brand love is justified by the need to understand the potential of storytelling as a tool that marketers have available to positively influence the love felt by the consumers toward a particular brand. In this case, we ...
They have to be able to talk about us without us - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
How storytelling can help articulate emotions that evolve as the climate changes
Creative works can represent emotions emerging so fast that our brains can’t quite catch up with them.
What Google's Open Communication Culture Is Really Like | Backchannel
A veteran of Google’s communications team argues for preserving the company’s famous culture of debate—even after a controversial firing.
Culture & truth : the remaking of social analysis
xii, 253 pages ; 22 cm; Argues for a new approach to thinking and writing about culture. Exposing old conceptions, the book argues that new ethnographic writing must come to terms with the dynamic nature of social reality - with history, spontaneity, and human emotions; Originally published: Boston: Beacon, 1989; Includes index; Self-Renewing 2017; Includes index
A People’s History of Tech
A collective storytelling project to build a more representative history that reflects the human impacts of technology.
User Story: a Placeholder for a Conversation
User stories are meant to be a placeholder for a conversation. This article dives into the differences between user stories and tickets, where stories came from and how recent trends are moving us away from conversations. It shows the impact this is having on product development and easy ways to improve collaboration through conversation and writing better stories.
How to Create a Great Team Culture (and Why It Matters): Build safety, share vulnerability, establish purpose.: Queue: Vol 17, No 1
As leader of the team, you have significant influence over your team's culture. You can institute policies and procedures that help make your team happy and productive, monitor team successes, and continually improve the team. Another important part of ...
Fundamentals of Interactivity | Interactive Storytelling Tools for Writers | Chris Crawford
Opinion | The Age of Interdisciplinary Slop
The corporate jargon of change masks the decimation of intellectual life.
What can news publishers learn from creators? Interview with Simon Owens
Don't leave money on the table and think outside the box about business models
