Just Story It

What a terrific piece from Harvard Business Review about reclaiming your creative confidence. As biz story practitioners, that is what we do -- help clients become better storytellers and build their creative confidence at the same time.

This article shares recent research about creativity, and tips for building your creative confidence.

It's the most sought-after ability today.

When building your storytelling skills, make sure you find a coach or trusted partner and lock your normal tendencies for critical feedback ("Hey, sock it to me; I can take it!") in the closet. Criticism (often disguised as critical feedback) does not allow creativity to flourish.

So only use appreciative strengths-based coaching techniques. Then it is all a matter of practice practice practice -- orally with a partner, not in front of a mirror.  As Julie Child said: "The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you've got to have a 'What the hell?' attitude."

Now -- I'm going to take my own advice and keep practicing practicing practicing on my new MAC because I've tried 3 times to curate this article! I keep making mistakes with the mouse, the keyboard, and trying to figure out the ways of Safari. LOL -- glad my husband keeps encouraging me and I've taken a "What the hell?" attitude!

This review was written by Karen Dietz for her curated content on business storytelling atwww.scoop.it/t/just-story-it

My colleague Limor Shiponi in Isreal is writing blog posts as she coaches a client in story skills. Limor is a totally amazing storyteller who also works in business. This woman knows her stuff and is a deep thinker in the story world.

So it is really fabulous that she is sharing with us her client's process and her coaching input.

This post focuses on listening to the audience -- and the ability to create meaning in a story when your audience is diverse in their thinking, experiences, and backgrounds.

Limor and her client are working on telling the Rapunzel fairy tale. You will probably never tell this in your business -- yet the insights here about finding fresh meaning with a story we already know is priceless.

Then follow this link to the next installment about co-creation: http://www.limorshiponi.com/2012/12/co-creation-in-storytelling/

Thank you Limor for sharing. And yes, I agree -- the quote at the end is the best I a have also heard about storytelling!

This review was written by Karen Dietz for her curated content on business storytelling atwww.scoop.it/t/just-story-it