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Category Archives: buy-in

Destructive intelligence

We have over years of developing analytical intelligence in business accidentally created a focus on destructive intelligence. What is destructive intelligence? The problem lies in this quote from Yes, Prime Minister: “Many people have the power to stop things happening ...More >

StoryFORMs’ StoryFORM

I’ve been excited and (to be honest) touched by people’s responses to StoryFORMs. Here’s a snapshot of the highlights: Launching StoryFORMs 1) StoryFORMs first showing was at City University’s Innovation, Creativity and Leadership Day (#ICLCity2012) last month. A creative industries ...More >

Sharing StoryFORMs at Shoppers Insights

Yesterday, I had the good fortune to close a terrific day of conversations big and small here at Shoppers Insights. This is an annual conference hosted by the Institute of International Research. People come in the hundreds for up to ...More >

Baseball, brains & brands: cool topics for a hot summer’s day

Kate’s heading to the Windy City for IIR’s Shoppers Insights The Institute for International Research has invited KILN’s chief storyteller Kate Hammer to deliver a keynote at the forthcoming Shoppers Insights conference in Chicago in July 2012. The day opens ...More >

Purposeful stories, from Hollywood producer Peter Guber

Tell to Win by Hollywood producer Peter Guber is a page-turner. And for innovators keen to get better a winning buy-in for novel concepts, it’s a great read. From the first, Guber grabs readers by drawing us in to a ...More >

Not (just) data, not (just) pictures: The whole story

In HBR last month, Roger L. Martin writes of the “new capabilities” he knows businesses need. The piece is called “Don’t get blinded by numbers.” New capabilities include empathy and ambiguity tolerance Capabilities is a great word. It that implies ...More >