by Kare Anderson | Jan 16, 2021 | Connecting, Persuasion, Quotability, speaking
Tell The Story That Tells The Story Dusk settled coolly over the misty emerald vineyards in Napa Valley one fall evening. Through the window, I gazed wistfully at a thin stream of bittersweet chocolate sauce a waiter was ladling high over a raspberry-colored cake a...
by Kare Anderson | Jun 12, 2019 | behavior, Book, Connecting, Leadership, Persuasion, Quotable, speaking
The smaller the coffin, the heavier it is to carry,” Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif told CNN host Christiane Amanpour. Then he went on to describe a Taliban massacre where many children were killed. Asif didn’t try to evoke an emotion with grand...
by Kare Anderson | Apr 23, 2019 | Learning, Persuasion, Quotable, Speaker/Audience, speaking
You can feel the tension in the compressed smiles, quick nods and pointed questions at the annual Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare conference. Schedules are packed as the high-stakes finance crowd gathers to hear 20-minute rapid-fire talks by CEOs of start-ups and...
by Kare Anderson | Oct 23, 2017 | Caring, Collective Clout, Peer2Peer, Persuasion
Apart from honing their top talents, guess what renowned surgeon, author and public health researcher, Atul Gawande and billionaire founder of Virgin Group, investor and philanthropist, Sir Richard Branson have in common? They have two vital and intertwined traits in...
by Kare Anderson | May 31, 2017 | behavior, contagion, Persuasion
You may be familiar with the multi-purpose cleaner and lubricant, WD-40. Many Midwestern newspaper readers were startled and amused when they read that a local woman uses WD-40 to keep squirrels from shimmying up her birdfeeder. Adroitly “piggybacking” on this news...
by Kare Anderson | Jul 21, 2016 | behavior, Persuasion, Quotable
“Interestingness is the instigator, the hardy carrier pigeon that can carry your message most anywhere. Interestingness makes a message get heard above the noise. Money can’t buy interestingness, yet vivid comparisons can create them. To make your label stick it...
