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Anecdotally Speaking
by Shawn Callahan & Mark Schenk
Welcome to our podcast, Anecdotally Speaking. Each week we tell a business story, talk about why it works and discuss where you might tell it at work. Our aim is to help you build your story repertoire.
Episodes
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274 – Illness to Opportunity – John Stetson
In Episode 274 of Anecdotally Speaking, discover how a bout of tuberculosis led to the creation of an American icon. In this episode, Shawn tells … The post 274 – Illness to Opportunity – John Stetson appeared first on Anecdote.
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122 – Grumpy maestros and all that jazz
This week, another special guest, Rob Grundel, joins Shawn and Mark on the podcast! Rob has just joined the Anecdote team, and we recorded this episode on his third day with us! Rob shares his background before launching into a story that you might use at work. The story is that of the Köln...
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121 – Charitable causes for problematic pilgrims
Mark is back after a 5-week outback adventure! Shawn welcomes his cohost back to the show, then shares the story of how Wunsiedel, a small town in Germany, tricked neo-Nazis into raising thousands of euros for EXIT Deutschland, an anti-extremist charity. To view the photo Mark mentions, visit:...
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120 – How to love a maths problem
Shawn and Mike host this week’s episode, and Mike shares a story about optimism and problem-solving. The story follows Fermat’s Last Theorem and the 358 years it took to solve it. The theorem holds a Guinness World Record for being the longest-standing maths problem ever: https://buff.ly/3sskvIE...
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118 – The grass is greener for the second mouse
Welcome to another episode of Anecdotally Speaking! This week, Anecdote Principal Paul Ichilcik joins Shawn as cohost. Shawn shares two stories that, although apocryphal, are useful in a business context. He also mentions his new blog post, Why would you share your point BEFORE telling your…
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117 – How a story illuminates an insight
With Mark still on leave, Mike joins Shawn again as cohost. The pair talk about insight and discuss the role stories can play in helping people find, share, and gain acceptance for their insights. Mike mentions The Challenger Customer, written by Brent Adamson, Matthew Dixon, Pat Spenner, and…
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116 – The client hero story in your sales example
Mark is on leave this week, so Mike Adams, Head of Story-Powered Sales at Anecdote and author of Seven Stories Every Salesperson Must Tell, joins Shawn as co-host. Shawn and Mike discuss the effectiveness (or rather, the ineffectiveness) of case studies. They propose the use of success stories as...
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115 – Less support gives more liberation
Welcome to another episode of Anecdotally Speaking! This week, another special guest joins Shawn and Mark, Anecdote Partner Mark Janssen: https://buff.ly/3wDFkRI Mark is based in Gouda, the Netherlands. He shares how he became an Anecdote Partner and a story you can add to your story repertoire....
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114 – Tails with the Raj of mice and men
Shawn’s on leave, so Paul Ichilcik, Anecdote Principal, co-hosts this week’s episode of Anecdotally Speaking. Mark shares a story about a story (or, more specifically, a story about a fable—a short, fictional story with anthropomorphised characters.) We often have people say to us, “But there’s…
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112 – FedEx helicopter story absolutely positively flies
This week on Anecdotally Speaking, we have a special guest! Doug Keeley joins Shawn and Mark on the podcast. Doug is an Anecdote Partner and the CEO and Chief Storyteller at Stories Rule! He shares how he got into storytelling, met the Anecdote team, and his all-time favourite business story…
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111 – Apple devours Blackberry pie slice
Shawn shares the story of how BlackBerry went from holding a 50 per cent market share to a market share of less than 1 per cent. He heard the story from Adam Grant when listening to a Clubhouse conversation between him and Malcolm Gladwell. It illustrates that you shouldn’t get too stuck in your...
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110 – Foreign ideas triggering the cultural immune system
It’s Mark’s turn to share a story, and he chooses to share the story behind the founding of Earth Hour. Earth Hour is a global event held on a Saturday at the end of March every year, where participants across the globe turn out their lights for one hour to advocate for action against climate...
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Replay 007 – Saving the Citicorp skyscraper
We’ve had a busy few weeks here at Anecdote HQ, so this week, instead of giving you a new episode, we’re re-releasing our 7th episode! In this episode, Shawn shares an engineering story from the 1970s. This episode is one of Shawn’s all-time favourites, partly because Mark gave the story a low...
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109 – New corn idea falls on deaf ears
This week, Shawn shares an innovation story. It follows researcher Dr Everett Rogers and the insight that led him to develop his innovation diffusion theory: https://buff.ly/2SjxVsj In the past, Shawn and Mark told this story frequently, but they forgot about it somewhere along the way. You’ll…
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108 – Jobs fit for a condor
It’s Shawn’s turn to tell a story, and he chooses to share an analogy story gleaned from two scientific studies. Steve Jobs first told this story in the 1980s, providing a perfect example of taking something that has happened and relating it to an audience to make a point. Shawn mentions the...
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107 – You just might do it if you don’t know you can’t
This week on Anecdotally Speaking, Mark shares a story about mindset, which spurs the sharing of several other anecdotes that demonstrate how the expectation of an event can cause it to occur—the Pygmalion effect. Shawn mentions the book he is currently reading, Humankind: A Hopeful History by...
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106 – Canoes across the Rockies
This week on Anecdotally Speaking, Shawn shares the story of Lewis and Clark’s expedition to the west coast of America, focusing on three specific journeys—the initial planning, the preparation, and the actual expedition. Shawn found this story in Stephen Ambrose’s Undaunted Courage:...
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104 – Quarterback payback
Welcome to another episode of Anecdotally Speaking! This week, Mark shares a sports story featuring National Football League (NFL) player Tom Brady. It illustrates that, despite our best efforts, our ability to assess potential is poor. Have you been waiting for an opportunity to learn from...
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103 – Cut glass shatters jeweller
This week on Anecdotally Speaking, Shawn shares a story he first heard more than ten years ago from his friend and fellow storyteller, Victoria Ward. It follows the events leading up to Gerald Ratner’s departure from his family business, Ratners Group, and shows how quickly you can kill a brand…
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101 – Transmitting without a receiver
Welcome back to another episode of Anecdotally Speaking! This week, Mark shares a story from his time in the airforce. The story describes how a design fault caused a Macchi jet trainer to crash at the RAAF Base Pearce. Mark often uses the story to encourage others to ‘stop transmitting and start...
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100 – A tonne of revered stories
Welcome to our 100th episode of Anecdotally Speaking! In this week’s episode, and to celebrate 100 episodes, Shawn and Mark look back on some of the stories they have told on Anecdotally Speaking and discuss which ones they tell most frequently. For each story, they explain what it is, why they...
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089 – Corporate Storytelling—Sales communication with Mike Adams and Paul Ichilcik
Welcome to the final episode of our Anecdotally Speaking—Corporate Storytelling series! The series celebrates the paper we released at the end of October titled Corporate Storytelling—The Essential Guide. It is our definitive guide to corporate storytelling and delves into the myriad of ways you...
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087 – Corporate Storytelling—Culture change and change management with Tully Cashman
Welcome to the sixth episode of our Anecdotally Speaking—Corporate Storytelling series! The series celebrates the paper we released at the end of October titled Corporate Storytelling—The Essential Guide. It is our definitive guide to corporate storytelling and delves into the myriad of ways you...
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086 – Corporate Storytelling—Innovation with Paul Chapman
Welcome to the fifth episode of our Anecdotally Speaking—Corporate Storytelling series! The series celebrates the paper we released at the end of October titled Corporate Storytelling—The Essential Guide. It is our definitive guide to corporate storytelling and delves into the myriad of ways you...
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085 – Corporate Storytelling—Narrative insight with Bernard and Tracey Swanepoel
Welcome to the fourth episode of our Anecdotally Speaking—Corporate Storytelling series! The series celebrates the paper we released at the end of October titled Corporate Storytelling—The Essential Guide. It is our definitive guide to corporate storytelling and delves into the myriad of ways you...
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084 – Corporate Storytelling—Values communication with Indranil Chakraborty
Welcome to the third episode of our Anecdotally Speaking—Corporate Storytelling series! The series celebrates the paper we released at the end of October titled Corporate Storytelling—The Essential Guide. It is our definitive guide to corporate storytelling and delves into the myriad of ways you...
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083 – Corporate Storytelling—Brand communication with Darren Woolley
Welcome to the second episode of our Anecdotally Speaking—Corporate Storytelling series! At the end of October, we released a paper titled Corporate Storytelling—The Essential Guide. It is our definitive guide to corporate storytelling and delves into the myriad of ways you can apply storytelling...
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082 – Corporate Storytelling—Leadership communication with Hannah Davies
Welcome to the first episode of our Anecdotally Speaking—Corporate Storytelling series! Last week at Anecdote HQ, we released a paper titled Corporate Storytelling—The Essential Guide. It is our definitive guide to corporate storytelling in 2020 and delves into the myriad of ways you can apply...
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081 – Hungry public gobbles up MSG tale
In this week’s episode of Anecdotally Speaking, Shawn shares a story he first heard on the renowned This American Life podcast (Episode 668: The Long Fuse). The story details how a letter to the editor took on a life of its own and created a storm of incorrect information that people still swear…
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080 – Crummy early adoption for first bread slicer
In this week’s episode of Anecdotally Speaking, Mark shares a story he has been utilising in a business sense for a while now. Otto Rohwedder, an American inventor, created the first commercial bread slicer in 1917, but it took him some time to sell his first. We have some exciting news! A new...
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079 – Halen down on Eddie’s rogue m&m
In this week’s episode of Anecdotally Speaking, Shawn shares a story about American rock band Van Halen. Shawn first shared this story in his book, Putting Stories to Work. If you would like to read the book, click here.https://bit.ly/3iQJYFh Our virtual Storytelling for Leaders and Story-Powered...
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078 – Tetanus icky not so sticky
In this week’s episode of Anecdotally Speaking, Mark shares a story of Howard Leventhal, a Yale University social psychologist, who used behaviour change techniques to encourage senior students to get their tetanus vaccinations. Mark first read the story in Malcolm Gladwell’s book, The Tipping...
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077 – Benjamin’s book borrowing turns rival to friend
In this week’s episode of Anecdotally Speaking, Shawn shares a story about Benjamin Franklin, whose idea to exchange rare books with one of his rivals built a friendship and comradeship he never before had with him. We will be hosting multiple public workshops at the end of October for both our...
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076 – Dome making not an egg-xact science
On this week’s episode of Anecdotally Speaking, Shawn shares a story he stumbled upon when visiting Italy a few years ago. Remember when we could travel?! The story follows Filippo Brunelleschi, the founding father of Renaissance architecture, and his involvement in the Duomo Cathedral in…
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075 – Conflict is essential to collaboration
On this week’s episode of Anecdotally Speaking, Mark shares the story of Alice Stewart, a renowned physician who discovered a correlation between pregnant women having an x-ray scan and an increase in childhood cancer fatalities. Mark first heard Alice’s story on Margaret Heffernan’s Ted Talk…
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074 – It’s not how good you say you are
On this week’s episode of Anecdotally Speaking, Shawn shares a short but impactful story that he read in Stephen Martin and Joseph Marks’ book, Messenger: Who we listen to, who we don’t, and why. The story follows a group of well-known psychologists who used a simple technique to increase sales…
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073 – Stradi various settings impact value
On this week’s episode of Anecdotally Speaking, Mark tells the story of American violinist, Josh Bell, and his involvement in a Washington Post experiment. The guys finally agree on a rating, but was it a good or a bad one? You’ll have to listen to the episode to find out what they both thought!...
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072 – All about the strategy story
On this week’s episode of Anecdotally Speaking, Mark and Shawn change things up and share a type of story—a strategy story. The pair give insight into how and why we help companies craft a strategy stories, and what structure we follow when crafting them. Strategy stories follow the below...
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071 – Never say Di finally escapes Cuba
In this week’s episode of Anecdotally Speaking, Mark shares the story of long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad, who completed a non-stop swim from Cuba to the US. It was the first without a shark cage. Last week was an exciting week at Anecdotally Speaking HQ, as we surpassed 50,000 downloads! Thank…
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070 – Prof. Christensen gets the job done
In this week’s episode of Anecdotally Speaking, Shawn shares the late Harvard Business School Professor Clayton Christensen’s McDonalds milkshake story, which illustrates the value of knowing your customer and market. Shawn first heard Christensen tell this story in a YouTube video. You can watch...
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069 – How a reason can clarify your why
In this week’s episode of Anecdotally Speaking, Mark demonstrates how to present research and data using a story structure, and how it can be highly engaging and memorable. He shares the story of renowned psychology professor and mindfulness theorist, Ellen Langer, and her research experiment…
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068 – How to animate Disney executive characters
On this week’s episode of Anecdotally Speaking, Shawn recounts a story he read in Bob Iger’s book, The Ride of a Lifetime. The ex-CEO of Disney, Bob Iger’s book discusses the advancements he made but also reveals his business storytelling talents. The guys don’t often give high scores as they’re...
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067 – Born to run and still running
In this episode of Anecdotally Speaking, Mark shares the story of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, and how they make a conscious decision each performance to bring their absolute best and ensure each fan has a memorable experience. As a short and punchy story, it is perfect for sharing…
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066 – Atari hero transforms extraterrestrial into subterranean
In this week’s episode of Anecdotally Speaking, Shawn shares the story of pioneer video game manufacturer, Atari, and how complacency resulted in the death of the company. Both Shawn and Mark are overwhelmed with nostalgia when this story is discussed, as it connects personally with each of the...
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065 – It’s just like riding a bike 1200km
On this week’s episode of Anecdotally Speaking, Mark shares the story of 15-year old Jyoti Kumari, whose inspiring story has been shared in the media globally. Shawn discusses how this story reminds him of Gary Klein’s three pathways to insight, and more specifically the notion of creative...
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064 – Small cogs make a pretty fly wheel
This week on Anecdotally Speaking, Shawn and Mark discuss how small changes can have large outcomes. Shawn shares a story he read in James Clear’s book, Atomic Habits. The story is one that everyone should add to their story bank because everyone can relate and connect to it. Shawn and Mark…
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063 – Don’t give up on your dirty laundry
In this week’s episode of Anecdotally Speaking, Shawn and Mark are thrilled to be joined by Jaya Machet, Founder and Executive Coach at Coaching Tiger. Based in Singapore, Jaya is a newly accredited Anecdote Storytelling for Leaders Partner. Instead of providing a story for your story bank, in…
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062 – Leading horses to water and lending hoses to fires
In this week’s episode of Anecdotally Speaking, Mark and Shawn discuss how an analogy can be an effective story structure to use to show contrast and to connect with your team or prospect. Numerous resources were discussed in this episode, and are listed below: - Shawn’s online course, 7 Tips to…
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061 – New Behring’s for trains off the rails
In this week’s episode of Anecdotally Speaking, Shawn shares a story he read in Switch, another book written by the Heath Brothers, who always use stories as practical examples. The story is quite relevant given the current climate and the challenges companies are currently facing. You can use…
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060 – Sleepy racers run towards Cliff
This week on Anecdotally Speaking, Mark shares the story of an unlikely hero, Cliff Young, who may already be familiar to you. Mark discusses how conventional thinking can stop you from seeing a whole realm of possibilities, especially when it comes to performance. Mark has asked for feedback…
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Welcome to our podcast, Anecdotally Speaking. Each week we tell a business story, talk about why it works and discuss where you might tell it at work. Our aim is to help you build your story repertoire.
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Shawn Callahan & Mark Schenk
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