Influencing through stories (for Agile Coaches)
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Based on various learning in day to day story telling in my role at Brillio, this deck was consolidated and presented in Agile Coaches Club organized by Prowareness. Objective of the deck is a bring out the fundamental principle in structuring stories to make an impact. Talk of this deck is in youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzXwtYgPMCg
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- 1. Influencing through stories by Mosesraj R
- 2. BREAKING THE ICE THROUGH A STORY..
- 3. BOLT – AN INITIATIVE STORY
- 5. DEFINING COACHING THROUGH A STORY..
- 6. SELECTING – THE ANNECDOTES THAT MADE THE STORYLINE.. CONNECTING – THE PRINCIPLE THAT THE FEW DEGREE BODY ANGLE MATTERED THE MOST TO BECOME A WORLD CHAMPION RELATING – HELP SEE AND OVERCOME GAPS FOR EFFECTIVE COACHING
- 8. CAN YOU RELATE TO THE PRINCIPLE? SELECTING, CONNECTING, RELATING
- 9. WHY TELL STORIES - 1 • Impact on mind – stories put whole brain to work.. • Stories help pass the your beliefs on the topic with the impact that it had on you • Holistic learning happens at multiple levels • Principle level – Why we do something • Concept level – what is the theory behind • Practice level – How it is to be performed
- 10. WHY TELL STORIES - 2 • Most great teachers – both ancient and contemporary, pass timeless truths through stories. It is part of our eastern culture and especially Indian as well • Jesus Christ – real life instances, objects • Vivekananda – a story of old carpenter
- 11. WHERE CAN WE USE STORIES • Training sessions • Stories making things lively • Retrospectives • When Tsunami hit Indian coast, two key questions – why did we not predict, why are we not prepared? • Formal Individual interactions • Reinforcing views • Team sessions
- 12. PREPARING FOR STORY TELLING • Observe real world and correlate to real life • Thinking of outcome and picking the story • Preparing the opening statements – invoking curiosity • “Once upon a time” start • Start from a middle • Stating the end and starting • Deciding how to derive the outcome • A set of questions that would prompt people to tell the outcome • Driven as part of the story itself • Writing a narrative script, practicing
- 14. THINK OF STORIES FOR THESE.. Working product Customer collaboration Working together – pair programming Collaboration Stories breakdown Feedback cycle Visibility Vision Retrospective Cultural change takes time Don’t fret. Think of your problems first Focus on what can be controlled Being focused
- 15. SUMMARIZING… • Principles are best communicated through stories • Words well crafted communicate better than pictures. Stories touch the deeper senses and stay longer • Preparedness is key to get started. Get started with this art, it gets better • Stories are not a supplement to thought leadership