storytelling mojo: how to translate new ideas into cultural acceptance
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Why does innovation fail?TRANSCRIPT
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Storytelling Mojo: How to Translate New Ideas Into Cultural Acceptance
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“Those who tell the stories rule the world.”
- Hopi Proverb
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People don’t buy the product, object, or brand.
They buy the story that’s
attached to it.
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‣ Humanization of business‣ Every product needs a back story‣ Democratization of storytelling‣ Tribal and social identity‣ Reinvention
5 Storytelling Trends
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MY STORY
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Title: CEO and founder of Get StoriedFocus: Transformational StorytellingBackground: Anthropologist, Social EntrepreneurWork with: CMOs & CEOs w/ a breakthrough storyClients: Ariba, Audubon, Bloomberg, NASA, ZapposTeach: 20K innovators, change-makers, marketersOffices: NYC and SF
Hi, I’m Michael Margolis
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Perpetual misfit, nerd,
and outsider...
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LausanneSwitzerland
Los AngelesCalifornia
I was raised on the mean streets...
ColumbusOhio
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Scientist/Inventor Artist/Teacher
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YOUR STORY
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Storytelling starts with WHY.
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- What forces shaped you- Where you were born/raised- How your family influenced you- What you studied in life- What inspired your creative path
Back Story Exercise
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Storytelling Reveals
...the invisible lines of connection
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< HOW to tell the story
> Having a story that’s
WORTH telling
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INNOVATION
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1. No common story2. Change is framed as judgement 3. Self-validation; self-congrats4. Superficial emotional content5. Underestimate culture & identity 6. People can’t find self in story7. Big promises are not made real
Why Innovation Adoption Fails
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“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new [story] that makes the existing reality obsolete.”
― Buckminster Fuller
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CA State Library
Fold-out Story Map
Future Vision Story
Use Cases of Innovation
Conversation-Starter
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Do I belong in this story?
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ORIGINS
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We’re fascinated by where things come from.
Everything has a back story.
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Origins Customer Product
Innovation Story - String of Pearls
Truth Empathy Vulnerability
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“Every character should want something...even if it’s just a glass of water.”
- Kurt Vonnegut
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Motivations: Audience: Stakes: Trust: Emotion: Resonance:
In Service to Whom?What’s on My Mind?Why Should I Care?How Can I Believe You?Does This Feel Good?Do I Belong in Story?
Time to Get Storied
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What’s the #1 secret to telling your story?
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“Tell a story people can identify with as their own, and the need to persuade, convince, or sell them
on anything disappears.”
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QUESTIONS