Meaning Makers: How Top Leaders Use Stories with David Pearl
In this episode, we are joined by award-winning author, David Pearl, to discuss his career as a creative confidante and personal development advisor to a number of the world\u2019s top CEO\u2019s and organisations. David is a respected public and keynote speaker and is the founder of Pearl Group, Opera Circus, Lively Arts and Impropera, as well as the non-profit organisation, Street Wisdom.
What Was Covered- How looking at business meetings \u2013 what David calls \u201cthe engine of post-industrial life\u201d \u2013 through a different lens, say a theatrical one, can unleash the creative power of bringing the group together
- How storytelling can be used innovatively in leadership and how meaningful narratives can help to create meaning with business teams
- The benefits to being open and accepting of past failures and how sharing these as a leader can have a positive impact on employees
- The importance of self-introspection, understanding your past experience before future experiences, and how this leads to discovering your \u2018why?\u2019
- David\u2019s philosophy that colleagues must \u2018really meet, not nearly meet\u2019 and how creativity is born in the space between us, not from us as individuals
- The potential impact within stories at work \u2013 and how a compelling narrative can engage people far more than simply a set of facts
- How re-framing low points as turning points in which maximum learning was achieved can help encourage talk and creative collaboration
- How, as a leader, your own personal \u2018why?\u2019 should always be overlapping with the \u2018why?\u2019 of your business
- David Pearl's website
- Stories for Leaders by David Pearl
- Will There Be Donuts? by David Pearl
- Street Wisdom