Hey, good to see you again. Sit back, kick your shoes off and enjoy the story.It was the middle of the night when I heard it. It was a strange sort of noise, the kind you don’t expect to hear in the middle of the night. A scratching, almost pawing sort of a noise. Definitely [...]

It was a cold morning and the brisk wind cut into my face as I locked the door behind me. I was glad to have my down jacket and fur lined boots on. Maybe I didn’t look very business-like, but I was warm. Well, at least parts of me were. I tucked my briefcase under [...]

What?
Okay, maybe I formulated that strangely, but think about it.  Either you’re using it, or it’s using you. It’s like the old chicken-and-egg-dilemma: What came first – the thought or its utterance? (This will get clearer as I go, I promise.)
Even if you ponder this thought for hours (and I heartily invite you [...]

I went hiking the other day – up a steep hill close to my house. It was a fairly long and hard climb, but I didn’t mind; it had been a difficult week and I was thankful for the exercise. Besides, the clean, fresh air helped me clear my thoughts and lighten the load on [...]

‘Stories are nice, Lisa, particularly yours, but I don’t see what they have to do with communication.’
I was at a client’s office putting a workshop for internal communication together when I heard this statement. It stopped me in my tracks. I had thought that the impact of stories on communication was apparent. After all, we [...]

It was late afternoon on a grey Sunday and I was in the kitchen preparing dinner. It had been a long weekend filled with lots of yard work, house cleaning, garage cleaning and the like, so I knew we would all welcome a good, satisfying meal. For that reason, I had decided to cook stew. [...]

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It was early afternoon and I was hiking with my dog, Niklas, along an overgrown path in the woods close to the Italian border. It was a lovely sunny day as I parked my car at the edge of the woods, but here deep inside, the day was dark and full of shadows. The light [...]