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Successful project management through storytelling
- 1. Successful Project Leadership through Storytelling Stephen Carver FAPM
- 2. The most important skill for Project Professionals?
- 3. Planning “People don’t like to plan - Planning is unnatural - It is much more fun just to do. And the nice thing about just doing is that failure comes as a complete surprise. Whereas if you have planned, the failure is preceded by a long period of despair and worry”
- 4. Major Threats to Project Success Key to graph A 55 A Bad communication B 37 between stakeholders B Lack of planning C 36 C Milestones not being met D 31 D No quality control E 27 E Costs getting out of hand 24 F F Inadequate resource co- G 23 ordination H 17 G Poor overall management H Mis-management of I 16 progress J 10 I Supplier skills over- 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 stretched J Supplier under-resourced
- 6. But stories are just for children!
- 7. Newspapers Books Magazines Plays TV Adverts Video Games Films Business
- 8. 1st Principle of Journalism FIRST SIMPLIFY THEN EXAGGERATE!
- 9. 1st Principle of Journalism SEXY SECRETS OF POISON PIE KILLER
- 10. “Stories are vital for Leaders!”
- 11. “A story expresses how and why life changes and how it can be” “Visioning”
- 12. Logic/Rhetoric Storytelling “People are not inspired to act by reason alone”
- 13. Logic/Rhetoric Storytelling Conventional Unconventional Safe Dangerous Reasoned - logical Emotional - complex IQ EQ Engages intellect Engages hearts and minds Easy to destroy with logic Hard to destroy with logic
- 17. What makes for a good story? Has characters A mind journey An emotional journey Embraces complexity Has structure Creates meaning – often multiple Does not tell – it shows Has an impact Catalyses change Is remembered…
- 18. Has structure
- 19. Structure 1. Starts with a situation (often balance) 2. Inciting incident unbalances situation 3. Attempts to restore balance 4. Trials of risk and challenge force characters to face difficult choices/struggle 5. Discover the truth/deliverance 6. New situation…
- 20. It’s not what you say…
- 21. Communication Facts Speak at 150 WPM Process 500-750 WPM Average Attention Span 7.5 min Content 7% Relative Importance: Vocal 35% Body Language 58%
- 22. You are cleverer than you think Cna yuo raed this at nroaml seped? 55 plepoe out of 100 can. i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I wasrdanieg.The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to arscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are,the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deosnot raed ervey lteter by istlef,but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig eh? And I awlyas tghuot slpeling was ipmorantt!
- 23. Words Don’t Matter? Golden Sandwich 3 Rule Cool/Important/Relevant Eight Elections Straight Stories - Dream/Hold/Fear Voice/Eyes/Body Connection/Challenge Change
- 25. What makes for a good PROJECT? Has characters A mind journey An emotional journey Embraces complexity Has structure Creates meaning – often multiple Does not tell – it shows Has an impact Catalyses change Is remembered
- 26. To tell your Project Story
- 27. Successful Project Leadership through Storytelling Stephen Carver FAPM