Perfecting Your Story
IN A NEW AGE OF RETAIL
Steve Sue, THE STORY GUY
Go West Summit, 2006
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Backing Up to See
CHAPTER 1
The Future
The Mayans
5000 Years Ago
Predicted a
New Age in
2012
The Chinese
4000 Years Ago
Predicted a
New Age in
2012
Michel de Nostradamus
500 Years Ago
Predicted a
Big Change
in 2012
Wisdom
CHAPTER 2
Hand-me-down
YIN & YANG STAR OF DAVID THE PYRAMIDS
The Ancient Symbols
Things in Common: Themes
Hindu Chakra (2,000 BC)
MIND 

To Vision with...
BODY To Invent with...
SOUL

To Moralize with...
Aristotle (384-322 BC)
BEGINNING
MIDDLE
END
The Holy Trinity
FATHER 

The Visionary
SON The Inventor
HOLY GHOST

The moralist
ACT 1
ACT 2
ACT 3 BEGINNING
MIDDLE
END
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Stories Within Stories
Turning

Point
ACT 3

Conc.
MORAL

Turning

Point
BEGINNING
MIDDLE (Turning Point)
END
MORAL

Turning

Point
BEGINNING
MIDDLE
END
Turning

Point
Stories Within Stories
Stories Within Stories
MORAL OF 

THE STORY

BEGINNING
END
Modern Story Theory
More Than

3 ACTS
The Story of Our Species
Our History
Vortex of KnowledgeHi-STORY
What is Story to Us?
Banks ALL WE DISCOVER
VORTEX OF THOUGHT
OUR EVOLUTION
Powers
Expedites
HOW WE CREATE OUR FUTURE
Story Maps The Creative Process
VISIONING
!
INVENTING
BUILDING
12 Creative Skills
1 - SELF-STARTING
2 - STRATEGIC
3 - ANALYTICAL
4 - MOTIVATIONAL
5 - CONCEPTUAL
6 - PLANNINGARTISTIC - 7
ENGINEERING - 8
DIRECTING - 9
CRAFTING - 10
PERFECTING - 11
PHILOSOPHICAL - 12
Personality Arch-Typing
VISIONARY
INVENTOR
BUILDER
1 - SELF-STARTING
2 - STRATEGIC
3 - ANALYTICAL
4 - MOTIVATIONAL
5 - CONCEPTUAL
6 - PLANNING
7 - CONCEPTUAL
8 - ENGINEERING
9 - DIRECTING
10 - CRAFTING
11 - PERFECTING
12 - PHILOSOPHICAL
Jungian Personality Theory
INTUITING
FEELING
SENSING
THINKING Rational
Irrational
HUNTER-GATHERER
INDUSTRIAL AGE
AGRARIAN ERA
Jung’s Perspective
1921
INTUITING
SENSING
THINKING
Rational
Irrational
FEELING
Extrapolating the Future
HUNTER-GATHERER
INDUSTRIAL AGE
INFORMATION AGE
The Present 100,000 Years
8,000 Years
40 Years
20 Years
200 Years
SERVICE AGE
AGE OF STORY
AGRARIAN ERA
ENGINEERING - 8
DIRECTING - 9
CRAFTING - 10
PERFECTING - 11
PHILOSOPHICAL - 12
Moral
Turning Point
HUNTER-GATHERER
The Future
AGE OF
STORY
1st time
we’ve come
full circle!
Greater Vision
/ More
Choices!
A New Renaissance!
In The Age of Story
CHAPTER 3
Retailing
Harder to Get Noticed
NEW AGE RETAIL
Tech. = New Global Community
Larger Markets, More Buyers
AMENITIES
Profiling Solutions
BUYING
HISTORY
DEMOGRAPHICS
NEW AGE RETAIL
More Fun
NEW AGE RETAIL
NEXT? Aspiration Profiling
All About Them!
More Relevant
Predict
Shoppers’
Desires... or Their
Vibes
1 - SELF-STARTING
2 - STRATEGIC
3 - ANALYTICAL
4 - MOTIVATIONAL
5 - CONCEPTUAL
6 - PLANNINGARTISTIC - 7
ENGINEERING - 8
DIRECTING - 9
CRAFTING - 10
PERFECTION - 11
PHILOSOPHICAL - 12
Measuring Creative Skills
HOW IT WORKS
SHOPPER SURVEY
PRODUCT PROFILING
PERSONALITY PROFILE
Visionary
Builder
Explorer
Inventor
What’s Your Vibe?
PRODUCT MATCHING
Relevant Discounts
DATA ANALYSIS & REPORTING
Retailer’s 
Learning Tools
WHAT’S VIBE GOOD FOR?
Self-Improvement Image-Building
Tourism
Cultural & Heritage Venues
Apparel / Cross-Cultural Tourism
Hilo Hattie’s
VISIONARY
INVENTOR
BUILDER
1 - CONFIDENCE
2 - GAME MANAGEMENT
3 - READING CONDITIONS
4 - FOCUS
5 - IMAGINATION
6 - ADAPTATION
7 - TOUCH
8 - SETUP
9 - MECHANICS
10 - CONTROL
11 - POWER
12 - LEARNING
Leisure Activities
Hawaii PGA
It’s All About You... and Them!
THE FUTURE OF RETAIL
Back to
EPILOGUE
Nostradamus
NOSTRADAMUS
AN ARMAGEDDON SCENARIO:
Nuclear missiles from the Middle East will destroy
New York City (45 degrees latitude).
Five and forty steps the sky will burn
Fire approaching the large new city
Instantly a great thin flame will leap
When someone will want to test the Normans.
NOSTRADAMUS
Satellites at 45 degrees will fill the air with our VIBEs
Five and forty steps the sky will burn
Fire approaching the large new city
Instantly a great thin flame will leap
When someone will want to test the Normans.
To fuel a new renaissance in a global community
That will instantly deliver relevant offerings
To help each of us explore and amp our own story.
Perfect your story and they will come
Moral of the Story
Perfecting
THANKS FOR COMING!
GOOD LUCK
Steve Sue, THE STORY GUY
www.storymanager.com
www.whatsmyvibe.com
Your Story
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