“I don’t know anything, but I’m curious about everything.”
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Feels throw back ish today, you’ll get the gist. I’m knee-deep in a data and analytics migration for a wealth management firm right now, and something keeps happening in nearly every working session. Someone pulls up a data model, a…
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Overpreppers’ Paradise
In recent years I have been told far to many times that preps the way I do preps are: Oh, and feel free to add your own… Well, as it turns out. Luck favors the prepared. Imagine what luck you…
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From Familiar to Foreign
You’ll learn how to challenge your own approaches. This can apply to how you do your work, tell stories, and execute. When designing experiences for human beings, a singular principle is at work—moving individuals from the familiar to the foreign.…
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Dialoging for Diamonds
When it’s time to tell a story, pitch an idea, or have a memorable conversation ion this is one of those tools/techniques. Narrative diamonds shape clear, memorable stories.Why is that? It’s likely because we are, as humans, natural storytellers and…
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Storytelling is life. And work.
Better Conversations, Better Conversions: The Art & Science of (Financial) Storytelling The gold standard for human interactions is the power of curiosity, understanding, questions, metaphorical thinking, and the back-and-forth of dialogues. You might get something out of this article, but…
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The Moth StorySLAM
So that one time I did a Storyslam competition, that a colleague put me up to. I had no idea what it even was, just that ‘Mike when you go to happy hour with the team we are going to…
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3 is more than magic.
Using numbers, you can build the best story, pitch, or presentation or be more precise at parties. Specifically 3 and 5. There is no perfect formula for preparation in storytelling at large. But purpose-driven storytelling and persuasion require some level…
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2016 October 31
I wrote a eulogy for my Father. It was read at St Dominick’s Church on Halloween in 2016. I added photos and some captions. To My Hero Good morning everyone, my dad tried to be late for this. First, thank…
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Underestimators, Overestimators, & The feel for the ‘game.’
This post will outline what I learned from spending 11 years and three months in a startup that became a small business, then a mid-size business, and finally part of a larger company. This is an attempt to describe a…
