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Welcome to the twenty-seventh edition of '3-2-1 by Story Rules'.
A newsletter recommending good examples of storytelling across:
Let's dive in.
Such a cool way of showing where the world's population is growing.
Old but fascinating conversation where Jerry Seinfeld openly admits that he looks for "material" every second of his life - even when at home with family.
While the reason for the fall in other languages is fascinating, what struck me was the lone holdout: Korean. Perhaps due to the impact of K-Pop, K-Film and K-Dramas?
โa. How did Flipkart convince Indians to buy online? by Adyasha Padhy And Dharmesh BAโ
In an in-depth conversation with Arindam Mukherjee (the former head of products at Flipkart), the interviewers delve into some of the product innovations that Flipkart pioneered during the 2010s. (It's a good followup to the earlier podcast conversation I had reviewed between Binny Bansal and Balaji Srinivasan).
The sharp-as-ever Sajith Pai spotted this stunning statistic in the conversation (emphasis mine):
The conversation is a good source of ideas for how to build trust in a nascent marketplace.
โb. Why Chinaโs economy wonโt be fixed by The Economistโ
The Economist is notorious for getting its alarmist predictions wrong, but this article makes for compelling reading.
โa. How Pixarโs Ed Catmull and Pete Docter make magic on and off screenโ
Pete Docter has made two of my favourite animation movies - 'Inside Out' and 'Up'.
In this fascinating conversation, he and Pixar founder Ed Catmull speak with Adam Grant on what makes the world's most successful animation studio tick.
You might think it would be all about creativity and imagination. But I was struck by how often Pete talks about analytically solving story problems!
Here's one more:
Another interesting point: Feedback givers should just identify problems, not suggest solutions (emphasis mine):
If you like these highlights, you can access more such 'snips' from my note-taking of the episode.
That's all from this week's edition.
โRavi
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