Psychology
A number of people have expressed an interest in the psychology underlying the ManyStory Approach. I am not a psychologist, but do think...
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Andrew Scott
- Oct 27, 2016
Wider Implications
In this blog post, I want to broaden the focus from the exploration of stories in an organisational context, to consider their use in...
Andrew Scott
- Oct 27, 2016
The Power of Articulation
One of the things I have noticed consistently in my work is the power of articulation. That is, something changes when we talk about...
Andrew Scott
- Oct 27, 2016
Archetypal Stories
One of the areas I want to think more about is archetypal stories. I suspect that there are many of these - that is stories that are...
Andrew Scott
- Oct 27, 2016
Learning & development
The application of a ManyStory Approach to learning and development is very fruitful, as I hope many of the chapters in the book (eg on...
Andrew Scott
- Oct 27, 2016
Story History
Working with the past is an interesting area for a coach or facilitator of change. One has to be careful, as it can lead into quite deep...
Andrew Scott
- Oct 27, 2016
New Teams
In the book, the chapter on teams focuses on working with teams that already exist. In this post, we will consider newly formed teams....
Andrew Scott
- Oct 27, 2016
Theoretical links
At the end of Chapter 5, I mention that I draw on many theoretical perspectives in my thinking about the ManyStory Approach. In this post...
Andrew Scott
- Oct 27, 2016
Coaching Yourself
In the book, I raise the question (at the end of Chapter 4): is it possible to be one’s own coach? I think the short answer is ‘yes,’ and...
Andrew Scott
- Oct 27, 2016
Values
In the book, I raise the question about ‘positive values’ (at the end of Chapter 3): what are these values, and how can we claim they are...
Andrew Scott
- Oct 27, 2016
Truth?
In Shifting Stories, I raise the question (at the end of Chapter 2): is there such a thing as objective reality or objective truth? The...
Andrew Scott
- Oct 26, 2016
Leadership
I was going to include a chapter on Leadership in the book, but realised I did not have enough material, or enough ideas, yet. So this...
Andrew Scott
- Sep 30, 2016
Emotionally Intelligent Leadership
The work on leadership by Goleman, Boyatzis and McKee (see The New Leaders) is interesting in the context of a ManyStory approach. Using...
Andrew Scott
- Sep 14, 2016
Harvard Negotiating Project
Getting To Yes, the book on the Harvard approach to negotiating, has long been a favourite of mine. The four key ideas are to separate...
Andrew Scott
- Aug 12, 2016
Transactional Analysis
Transactional Analysis is a large and complex set of related ideas, developed initially by Eric Berne. One of the key ideas in...
Andrew Scott
- Aug 12, 2016
Time to Think
Since writing Shifting Stories, I have become increasingly interested in Nancy Kline’s work on the Thinking Environment as described in...
Andrew Scott
- Jul 29, 2016
NLP
I have long had an interest in NLP, and have gone to various NLP training events, read a number of books and so on. But increasingly,...