The Stories We Tell: Understanding and Creating Organisational Pasts, Presents & Futures (With David Crowe) - Lean Agile London 24 TalkInTen

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Our first conference of the season is the fantastic Lean Agile London 2024!

As we round off our TalksInTen from Lean Agile London 2024, we have a special episode featuring David Crowe, an expert in organisational storytelling with a rich agile background. Join us as David delves into the art and science of narratives and stories within organisations, drawing on Boje’s model to enhance our understanding of change and transformation.

David on LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/3XnlFXk

Here is the synopsis of David's Talk:

Stories and narratives are essential to sensemaking about the pasts, the presents, and the futures of organisations. Drawing on Boje’s model of the dynamics of narrative and story sensemaking, I show how we can talk about time and space in organisations, the role of scale, and the incorporation of diverse and opposing perspectives in how we understand and shape change.

At the end of the session, you'll be able to:

• Distinguish between narratives and stories.
• Describe different forms of narrative and story, and how they can be used when storying to retrospectively to understand pasts, prospectively to understand possible futures, and in the now to understand emergence in the present.
• Define and identify the roles of dialogisms and dialectics in permitting, exploring, and transcending diverse perspectives.

Apply these ways of storytelling to the challenges we face in facilitating change.
Boje's model - https://bit.ly/4cnbuWU

Episode Highlights:

• Narratives vs. Stories: Understand the critical differences between narratives and stories, and how each can be used to shape organisational change.
• Dynamic Sensemaking: Learn about Boje’s model and how it helps in discussing time, space, and scale in organisations.
• Practical Applications: Gain insights into applying these storytelling techniques to real-world challenges in facilitating change.

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Host Bio

Ben is a seasoned expert in product agility coaching, unleashing the potential of people and products. With over a decade of experience, his focus now is product-led growth & agility in organisations of all sizes.
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