It's Saul Connected

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Last week I had the great honor of hosting over 500 innovation junkies from around the world at #BIF2015, the Business Innovation Factory’s 11th annual Collaborative Innovation Summit. I’m still shaking from the experience. Storyteller after storyteller shared a personal story leaving their normal conference talks at home.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

In the spirit of the first Agility question below, rather than trying to imagine questions from across all the companies listed, we limited the focus to creative thinking questions inspired by the top ten most innovative companies’ innovation journeys and priorities. 16 Creative Thinking Questions from the Most Innovative Companies.

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Idea Champions

JANUARY 24, 2018

My latest book on storytelling. BLOG: Storytelling at Work. BLOG: The Heart of Innovation. BLOG: The Heart of the Matter. Actually, it's more like a revelation than a confession. You know all those fabulous quotes and articles you've read over the years with no attribution other than "Anonymous"? It's true. I couldn't.

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Brunner

JUNE 10, 2021

Q: Where are you working remote from this summer (what city/ state)? . Q: Where are you working remote from this summer (what city/ state)? A: I heard great things from my professors and WU alumni and decided to apply! Q: Where are you working remote from this summer (what city/ state)? . A: Oakland (Pittsburgh) .

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Idea Champions

JULY 4, 2018

I am thrilled to announce that my new book, Storytelling for the Revolution , is now available on Amazon. If you are a fan of storytelling, insight, wisdom, love, choice, humor, learning, breathing, the human condition, or this blog, there is a good chance you will enjoy my book. Right now, only the paperback version is available.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

The Importance of Strategic Planning Offsites Taking a step back from the day-to-day operations to focus on long-term goals is essential for any organization. Here are some key advantages: Boosted Creativity : Offsite meetings can spark creativity by providing a change of scenery and a focused environment away from the usual distractions.

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100%Open

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

The art of storytelling is hugely undervalued and under appreciated in business, especially in technology and innovation circles. Anyway, it was a great day, and I think there is a lot we can learn from these talks and other great storytellers about how to weave together the strands of a compelling and engaging narrative.

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Idea Champions

JULY 13, 2019

Looking for some inspiring quotes on why storytelling is such a powerful way to communicate your message, cut through the clutter, and awaken people's need for meaning? It takes on form and allows us to examine it from all angles." - Mandy Aftel. The role of the storyteller is to awaken the storyteller in others." - Jack Zipes.

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Innov8rs

APRIL 7, 2024

Sustainability has shifted from the fringes of corporate strategy to a key driver for innovation. Innov8rs | Consumers increasingly express a preference for sustainable products, yet a gap remains between stated intentions and actual purchasing behavior. But only 7% actually buy sustainable products. during a recent Innov8rs Learning Lab.

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Rmukesh Gupta

JULY 3, 2017

When I watched his talk about storytelling, which he gave at PSFK conference, I was absolutely sure that I will share this with my friends and entrepreneur friends who read this blog. PSFK 2017: Morgan Spurlock Makes Movies With Just The Right Amount Of Crazy from PSFK on Vimeo. My learnings from the talk: Stand out but not too much.

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Idea Champions

JULY 20, 2018

If you have been enjoying my blog, there is a good chance you will enjoy my new book, Storytelling for the Revolution. What follows are 11 Amazon reviews that will give you a good sense of the ground I cover and where I'm coming from. These two words, Mitch takes to heart in this, his newest collection -- it is indeed spicy!

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Idea Champions

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

DEAR HEART OF INNOVATION READERS: If you have been receiving any value from my blog, I invite you to respond to this newly posted poll of mine -- my grassroots effort to create the support I need from friends, fans, clients to help me get the word out about my forthcoming book, STORYTELLING FOR THE REVOLUTION.

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Idea Champions

MAY 3, 2017

My latest book on storytelling. BLOG: Storytelling at Work. BLOG: The Heart of Innovation. BLOG: The Heart of the Matter. Actually, it's more like a revelation than a confession. You know all those fabulous quotes and articles you've read over the years with no attribution other than "Anonymous"? It's true. I couldn't.

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Idea Champions

APRIL 9, 2018

If you are wondering why I chose to call my book: Storytelling for the Revolution -- a title some people might think is incendiary, inflated, or overly dramatic, here's the reason: We need a revolution. It has to do with a change of mind and a change of heart and a change in the way we communicate to each other. Lessons learned.

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Idea Champions

JANUARY 4, 2021

Mitch Ditkoff. Here's the short story. 73 years ago, two very different people got together and created a third person -- me. Neither my mother or father were particularly "creative", but they had whatever it took to spark new life and I was very glad they did. Mine has not been a straight and narrow path -- not in the least. house painter.

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Idea Champions

APRIL 20, 2017

Anyone interested in the power of personal storytelling to awaken, inspire, and communicate a meaningful, memorable message -- especially around "moments of truth" on the job. WHY IS STORYTELLING SO POWERFUL? Storytelling is the simplest, most direct way to deliver a meaningful, memorable message. WHO IS THIS BOOK FOR?

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Idea Champions

DECEMBER 18, 2015

You are unplugging from most of the tasks and transactions that define your life. Share from the heart. My new book on storytelling. My new storytelling blog. Tis the season to tell your stories, folks! Your families are gathering. Your friends are coming to visit. So tell your stories!

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Idea Champions

JUNE 30, 2019

What follows is a testimonial from Fazeel Arain, the Co-Founder and Principal of Al Siraat: "I had a strong desire to introduce a culture of creativity and innovation to our humble school in Australia. Storytelling with second graders. It was one of the most inspiring experiences in my 30-year career as an organizational change agent.

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Idea Champions

JULY 28, 2017

Most companies trying to get a "competitive advantage" eventually realize that the key is customer service -- the ability to differentiate themselves from the competition by delivering their product or service in unforgettable ways. Storytelling as a way to spark innovation Great concept. Great planning. Lots of turkey, tuna, and tofu.

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Idea Champions

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

Being cash strapped as a new school (and knowing consultants were not cheap), I started following Mitch's blog, The Heart of Innovation. 100 educational innovations from around the world. Working with the great people of Al Siraat was a most remarkable experience -- one of the high points of my career. 1,000 Muslims and a Jew ).

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

When done well, audio storytelling uses the theater of the mind, making the strongest audience connection. When audio storytelling is good, it works the head and the heart, which is the essence of great advertising. Could there be a podcast interesting enough to drive this behavior from me? That’s because it’s hard to do.

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Idea Champions

JANUARY 17, 2016

Storytelling at Work is funny, wise, relatable and most importantly, reminded me of how to be more courageous in every day life. Mitch Ditkoff's book about the value of storytelling at work is truly a gem. Here's a little gem about storytelling. That's why I'm quoting the following people who have reviewed my book on Amazon.

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Idea Champions

MAY 13, 2016

Storytelling at Work is funny, wise, relatable and most importantly, reminded me of how to be more courageous in every day life. Mitch Ditkoff's book about the value of storytelling at work is truly a gem. Here's a little gem about storytelling. That's why I'm quoting the following people who have reviewed my book on Amazon.

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Idea Champions

MARCH 4, 2016

Looking for some inspiring quotes on why storytelling is such a powerful way to communicate your message, cut through the clutter, and awaken people's need for meaning? It takes on form and allows us to examine it from all angles." - Mandy Aftel. The role of the storyteller is to awaken the storyteller in others." - Jack Zipes.

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Idea Champions

JULY 24, 2017

THE MIDDLE ("Divergence"): This is the heart of the matter -- why people were invited to the session in the first place -- to think outside the box and generate compelling ideas. Remember, the goal of this phase is an abundance of ideas -- not just discussion, debate, philosophizing, or long-form storytelling.

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Idea Champions

JUNE 17, 2020

Now that I am officially an amateur in the field of education (six months working in an Islamic school , father of two, and a dropout from a poetry Masters program at Brown University), I am now extremely semi-clear about what kind of school I would start if I started a school in this lifetime or the next. At least that's the plan.

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Idea Champions

SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

Anyone interested in the power of personal storytelling to awaken, inspire, and communicate a meaningful, memorable message -- especially around "moments of truth" on the job. WHY IS STORYTELLING SO POWERFUL? Storytelling is the simplest, most direct way to deliver a meaningful, memorable message. WHO IS THIS BOOK FOR?

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Idea Champions

AUGUST 11, 2015

Anyone interested in the power of personal storytelling to awaken, inspire, and communicate a meaningful, memorable message -- especially around "moments of truth" on the job. WHY IS STORYTELLING SO POWERFUL? Storytelling is the simplest, most direct way to deliver a meaningful, memorable message. WHO IS THIS BOOK FOR?

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Idea Champions

OCTOBER 5, 2016

If so, take heart! Then, instead of benefiting from this normal stage of "not knowing" you end up in endless rounds of self-talk, procrastination, and worry. Everyone from Einstein to Mickey Mouse has had this experience. Are you confused about how to proceed with your hottest project? Bamboozled? What is confusion, really?

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CorporateIntel

AUGUST 2, 2016

We made it easy for you to find either on iTunes or at the online home that saved Kimo Balthazer from irrelevance and started his movement: ThisIsRage.com. I began hearing from readers all over the world who had suffered personal losses similar to the employees of the fictional EnvisionInk Systems and Atom Heart Entertainment.

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CorporateIntel

DECEMBER 6, 2015

From last night. From “Promises to Keep” by Paul O’Neill & Robert Kinkel. I’m just back from my almost annual two-and-a-half hours with Trans-Siberian Orchestra. I was about ten feet from him. Christmas time. And the moment’s just beginning. When we’d wished upon a star.

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It's Saul Connected

AUGUST 12, 2015

I need the annual fix of connection and inspiration I get from hanging out at our BIF Collaborative Innovation Summit with you — the BIF community of like-minded innovation junkies from around the world. Not because this year’s storytellers are more inspiring than ever — although they are. I feel a heightened sense of urgency.

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Idea Champions

MARCH 18, 2017

THE MIDDLE ("Divergence"): This is the heart of the matter -- why people were invited to the session in the first place -- to think outside the box and generate compelling ideas. Remember, the goal of this phase is an abundance of ideas -- not just discussion, debate, philosophizing, or long-form storytelling.

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Idea Champions

APRIL 24, 2016

Or as Steve Jobs once put it, "The most powerful person in the world is the storyteller." The question, these days, isn't whether storytelling works. The question, these days, isn't whether storytelling works. To put it simply, storytelling is "an unconscious competency" -- something human beings naturally do. On the job.

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Gijs Van Wulfen

AUGUST 24, 2014

We can learn wise lessons from great explorers. He guessed the distance from the Canary Islands to Japan to be about 3,000 Italian miles (3,700 km, or 2,300 statute miles), while the correct figure is 19,600 km (12,200 miles).¹ He came from Genua with unclear roots and had nothing to lose. Christopher Columbus. Edmund Hillary.

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Idea Champions

SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

THE MIDDLE ("Divergence"): This is the heart of the matter -- why people were invited to the session in the first place -- to think outside the box and generate compelling ideas. Remember, the goal of this phase is an abundance of ideas -- not just discussion, debate, philosophizing, or long-form storytelling.

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Boxes and Arrows

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

User Experience (UX) Week was held in San Francisco, CA from August 12 – 15. Sketches from UX Week. Scott Stromberg from 404 User Experience Design and Ty Hatch of Ty Hatch Design captured the UX Week presentations with some quick and brilliant sketches. Session Slides from UX Week. On with the Show!

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