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Summary: Leadership Includes The Art of Storytelling
Review: I was happy to see someone remind today's leaders of the purpose and power of storytelling. A good story not only makes the point but also creates both an understanding and a memory of the event. That memory, in turn, can be passed on from employee to employee.
Using squirrels to illustrate how to create and deliver a story is a clever way to help the reader understand storytelling, and for those not interested in squirrels, Denning provides helpful sidebars that summarize the text (thank you). The author also provides a chapter summary. More importantly, in the final pages Denning outlines the Seven High-Value Forms of Organizational Storytelling. This table is an excellent guide for the right story at the right time.
Denning has much to offer the reader. I found the essence of his message in the sidebars and the guidelines at the end of the chapters. There you will discover his wit, his understanding, and his valuable insight. For example, "The leader is someone who has seen the meaning of what is sweet in life and what is terrible and who then goes undeterred to meet what is to come."
Squirrel Inc. is a fast read for busy people and a fun read for those that like a good story. I liked it.
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Summary: Highly Recommended!
Review: Any leader will benefit from mastering sincere storytelling that is designed to achieve specific organizational objectives. By using some storytelling techniques himself, in the form of a fable about business-owning squirrels, author Stephen Denning teaches you how to tap into your natural storytelling ability, so you can focus your listeners' goals and vision. He explains what types of stories elicit a variety of desired outcomes. He also teaches you how to tell your story and explains the reaction you can expect to generate if the story is apt. Storytelling lets leaders engage people, helps them relate to the company's goals and creates a forward-looking organization. With Denning's guidance, you can use your 'once upon a time' skills to build camaraderie, focus and happy endings. We recommend this book to all leaders, since storytelling is destined to become an unexpectedly critical skill.
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Summary: Leadership IS Storytelling
Review: I LOVED THIS BOOK! The author uses a funny story about a company--run by SQUIRRELS- to show how stories can be used to help organizations deal with change and spark innovation. I've read a lot of business fiction--some of it good, some of it bad--and I found this book to combine enough prescriptive advice within its offbeat colorful story to really be of use to leaders at all levels of the organization.
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Summary: BUY THIS BOOK!
Review: Squirrel Inc. absolutely sings along. It's not only jockerblock full of strategies for how to use storytelling as part of innovative strategies for change within organizations, it's a fun book to read. Steve Denning is a master teacher and storyteller. He is also a leading business consultant with a tremendously strategic mind and an extraordinary sense of humor. If there is one book on change management you buy this year - this should be it.
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Summary: BUY THIS BOOK!
Review: Squirrel Inc. absolutely sings along. It's not only jockerblock full of strategies for how to use storytelling as part of innovative strategies for change within organizations, it's a fun book to read. Steve Denning is a master teacher and storyteller. He is also a leading business consultant with a tremendously strategic mind and an extraordinary sense of humor. If there is one book on change management you buy this year - this should be it.
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