Position of stars therefore became the most important marker for early humans. Movement of stars told them about change of seasons, migration of animals etc.

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But position of stars couldn’t be remembered and taught without some stories connecting them. And that’s why every culture assigned their own names to the constellation of stars in the form of stories.

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The Big Dipper, Orion’s Belt, the Plough, Satparishi were all joined by the earliest of stories humans made by literally connecting the dots.

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The human mind seeks patterns and creates stories to remember and teach those patterns to the next generation.

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Leadership is evolving as times change. From an Authoritarian leader who led with positional authority by starting from the bottom and working their way to the top (1/2)

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to a Coaching leader who can extract superior performance from their teams. E.g. Ramakant Achrekar who himself played only one first class cricket match but produced a legend like Sachin Tendulkar (2/2)

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But the future needs a gardener leader who like a gardener focuses on creating the right environment to allow each plant to blossom in their own unique pace and manner.

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Future leaders need FutureSkills like storytelling, leading without authority, ability to “think INSIDE” the box etc.

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Of all these skills, storytelling is possibly the most important one!

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The future is not about specialisation – it is about fusion. For e.g. what kind of company is Apple? Is it a technology company because it makes tech products?

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Or a luxury company because it creates aspirational products?

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Steve Jobs fused his passion for calligraphy (fonts), zen (uncluttered interface) & luxury packaging with storytelling (for all his product launches) to create an unbeatable customer experience.

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Why do we need to know stories?

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A team is nothing but a group of people who believe in a shared reality. And that shared reality is created and sustained through stories.

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Organisations which have superior and tacit knowledge will always win over organisations that don’t have a strong culture, because culture is built through storytelling. 

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Stories are very low investment gamechangers. (1/2)

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Stories don’t need expensive corporate films, posters, knowledge management systems or any such investment and yet they are most effective in imparting knowledge and building culture. (2/2)

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Stories help in “cross pollination” ideas from one industry that can be applied into another situation. 

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For instance, in a downturn, the real-estate companies will be severely hit, but the education industry will boom. Why can’t real-estate companies convert their surplus inventory into hostels for students?

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Stories help in leading without authority, because storytelling leaders are also teaching leaders and teaching is the best way to lead without authority. 

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