🎧 The power of storytelling – a cautionary tale (Future Tense)

Stories like opinions have become a necessity of modern life. Everybody is encouraged to have an opinion and everybody – in the vernacular of countless motivation speakers – is encouraged to be the “hero of their own story”.

But are we in danger of making too much of them?

If the story becomes the central device for much of our communication, do we risk losing our sense of objective reality?

Guests

Dr Maria Tumarkin – writer and cultural historian

Dr Nick Morgan – President, Public Words Inc

Daniel Stanley – Creative Director, Cohere Partners. Also founder of the Future Narrative Lab

Bob Lalasz – Founder and CEO, Science+Story