Design in Mind: 5 Steps for Telling A Design Story
Over the last three years, I’ve worked with a number of designers who have great ideas, but struggle to get colleagues or potential backers to see the power of their …
Put a Stake In It: 5 Tips for Building Tension in Your Stories
In preparation for Halloween last week, I started watching clips of Carrie, the Academy Award-winning horror film by Brian De Palma. In the movie, Carrie does all sorts of paranormal and frightening …
What A Character! 3 More Tips on Creating Great Characters
As followers of this blog know, I’ve written extensively about Breaking Bad, the Emmy award-winning show on AMC that wrapped its final season a few weeks ago. But I’m not …
Pressure Drop: 5 Tips to Performing Better Under Pressure
Not long ago, I was chatting with a woman at a cocktail party when the conversation turned to work. I mentioned that I’m a storyteller and the woman smiled. “That’s …
That’s So Funny! 5 Ways to Inject Humor Into Your Stories
I’m a huge fan of Louis C.K. Louis is a masterful performer whose spot-on observations of the human condition and casually neurotic delivery have won him praise from comedians (Chris …
10 Ways to Use Storytelling to Improve Creativity at Work
It’s Tuesday morning. Your boss shows up at your desk two minutes after you arrive and says that he needs a “creative solution” to a problem. You rub your eyes …