Monthly Archives: September 2017

Posted on February 28, 2012 by admin To be storywise means first of all to ditch the story we are telling or being told about stories. Stories are not the answer, the save all, fix all, buy all, of leadership, economy, innovation or … Continue reading →

What do they mean, these election results?The GOP took back the House-Clearly, the voters were rejecting outright the Obama agenda. Oh yeah? The Democrats held on to the Senate-Clearly, the voters were repudiating the Tea Party agenda.  What?The recent elections … Continue reading →

At a seminar recently with a group of Israeli and Palestinian artists here on a Cultural Exchange, I was describing  our new program, New Story Leadership, and how unlike other leadership programs, we base our work around the power of stories. … Continue reading →

An NPR journalist, (now former) appears on FOX news earlier this week to share that when he gets on a plane with passengers wearing traditional Muslim dress, he feels AFRAID. Because he got fired for it, FOX is now publicly … Continue reading →

Dear President Abbas, Prime Minister Netanyahu, and Secretary of State Clinton: We are Liel Maghen, an Israeli from Tel Aviv, and Mariam Ashour, a Palestinian from Gaza, two voices from a generation of over 3 million young Israelis and Palestinians. … Continue reading →

I have just watched the Obama Oval Office speech, the second of his time as President. I know the talking heads have already made a big deal about the stilted, professorial style, the lecture tone, the folded hands in front, … Continue reading →

‘Snowed Under” is a familiar excuse we all use to say ‘We are Sooooo busy.’ But this past week in Washington DC, we are indeed “snowed under” and it means the very opposite. Unless we are driving a snow plough or … Continue reading →

Oh the stories we shared on Inauguration Day a little over a year ago, the feelings we had of the beginning of a brave new world, the sense of common purpose among the huddled masses on that cold, cold day-where … Continue reading →

Tiger Woods apologizing for not being a virtuous golfer is totally implausible. but let me explain. Try this on for implausible. Imagine if Mother Teresa was  little known to be a fair golfer. Imagine that she lost the Sisters of … Continue reading →

They used to say, ‘One swallow doesn’t make a summer,’ but perhaps we need to revise that to say that ‘three swallows definitely does’, because three totally disconnected outbursts by people in the public eye losing their cool has been … Continue reading →