“The Humble Hound” is a great editorial in the New York Times (April 8, 2010) by David Brooks on leadership styles. It ends using theater as a metaphor.
The metaphor relates to the people who work behind the scenes, whose satisfaction comes, not from the applause, but from working with others towards a shared higher purpose.
Category Archives: creative process
Ideas on when and how to fail
The two most artistically interesting people I know are Liz Lerman and Adrian Danzig. Liz is the founding Artistic Director of Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, and Adrian the Artistic Director of 500 Clown. What do a dancer and a clown have in common? They ask the most daring artistic questions and risk their take on [...]
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IGNITE Baltimore
In five minutes and 20 slides (rotating every 15 seconds), I present “Business is Theater” at Ignite Baltimore 5. I make the case for how well theater best practices apply in the world of business.
Have a look and listen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUGw5yC7P48&feature=PlayList&p=0CADB93695631416&index=
Here’s a link to Ignite Baltimore:
http://ignitebaltimore.com/
I’ve attended a few Ignites as a spectator and thought, “Hey, I [...]
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The History of Branding
The history of branding goes something like this:
This is mine:
This is better:
I am like this:
When your audience intuitively understands what “like this” means, then you have a winning, sustainable brand.
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Universal Truth
Situation:
Between bands as a drummer I picked up the guitar. I’ve been playing a few years, and written a few decent songs. The craft of songwriting is interesting. Within certain parameters you want to compose a memorable melody, tell a compelling story, create a certain mood, and connect with an audience. It’s the connecting part [...]
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Stand for something people feel passionate about.
As a leader, you are your organization’s principal story teller. Employees, customers and stakeholders all look to you to set the theme and develop the plot. Tell a great story and they all want to become characters in it. Every interaction and transaction becomes charged with meaning and drama. In a good story, threats and [...]
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