So, storytelling is going to be in demand for ever?

Storytelling for Success

Hey, remember when I told you this?

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I’m still not kidding. And the big brains at Inc. agree with me.

Check this out. Inc. staff writer Graham Winfrey has a great article, complete with sexy infographic, on the skills that employers will need from employees in 2020 — and all ten of ’em have connections to that storytelling impulse nestled deep and cozy in the human brain.  Continue reading

So, everything is storytelling? Really, Steph?

Storytelling for Success

Yep. Everything is storytelling.

No, really. Check it out.

Over on Psychology Today, Dr. Pamela Rutledge wrote, “Our brains still respond to content by looking for the story to make sense out of the experience. No matter what the technology, the meaning starts in the brain.” Yes, that was way back in 2011, but I’m pretty sure the human brain hasn’t fundamentally changed in the last three years.

Need a little more proof? I admire your empirical nature, friend. Continue reading