A Storytelling Coach More details here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ravishankar-iyer/
Welcome to the twenty-eighth edition of '3-2-1 by Story Rules'.
A newsletter recommending good examples of storytelling across:
Let's dive in.
Everyone working in consumer research should frame this quote on their desk!
Great use of the treemap chart to show the split of market cap across industries and companies. So many interesting messages in there.
Hahaha. Consulting does this to people - I'm guilty as charged. But honestly, this book changed my life!
PS: I think the wrong spelling is intentional!
a. 'Why Isn’t Ukraine a Global Superpower?' By Tomas Pueyo
Tomas is back at what he does really well - explain current events (and history) through the medium of geography.
This eye-opening piece tells you how Ukraine is so well endowed... but lacks the natural defences to protect itself from powerful neighbours:
The Himalayas (and the seas) are among India's greatest geographical endowments.
b. 'Tell Me A Story' by Scott Galloway
Scott replugs this old piece with some updates. This is some great writing:
More than an ode to the power of story, this cautionary piece advises us to not get too swayed by charismatic storytellers.
a. 'Taxonomy of the Modern Mystery Story' on Revisionist History by Malcolm Gladwell
I thoroughly enjoyed this engaging take by Malcolm Gladwell on how the police are portrayed in movies, TV series and books. He employs an interesting classification technique to divide cop fiction into four categories:
He then goes onto discuss how these stereotypical narratives impact real-life in negative ways... and suggests that writers should come up with more nuanced stories based on the complex, messy reality.
A fascinating listen.
That's all from this week's edition.
Ravi
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