All Episodes
Anecdotally Speaking — 191 episodes
286 – Please Demote Me – Satya Nadella
105 – A rose by any other clinical name (Rerun)
285 – Building Empires – Forrest Mars
284 – The Meaning You Choose – Tsutomu Yamaguchi
283 – What Data Can’t Tell You – New Coke
282 – Can You See Tahiti? – Polynesian Voyaging Society
281 – Stronger Than Steel – Stephanie Kwolek
280 – A Portfolio of Possibilities – Picasso and Kahnweiler
279 – Computer Says No – UK Office Scandal
233 – Sorry We Suck: Domino’s Pizza (rerun)
278 – Selling Steam Trains – James Watt
277 – Noticing Changes Everything – Jane Goodall
276 – What We Do is Who We Are – Emlyn Hatch
275 – The Magic Went Missing – Manchester United
273 – Bold, Brave and a bit Quirky – Paul Fairweather
272 – Are You Selling Trombone Oil? – Bob Iger
271 – Planning for the Unexpected – New Horizons
215 – Rising from Burnout – Simone Biles (rerun)
209 – Take the Opposing View (rerun)
270 – Publishing on Principal – Katharine Graham
269 – Generosity Inspires Generosity – Maria Andrejczyk
268 – Sharpening the Saw – Philip Seymour Hoffman
267 – Back to What Matters – Howard Schultz
266 – The Right to Wear Pants – Helen Hulick Beebe
265 – Thrown to the Sharks – Quentin Tarantino
261 – Gambling on a Curry – Dishoom
264 – Finding What Didn’t Exist – Beth Norris
263 – Chasing Payment, Finding Connection
262 – What We Walk Past
260 – Every Turn is An Olympic Final – Mary Meagher
259 – Unreasonable Hospitality – Will Guidara
258 – A Memorial in Mashed Potato – Maya Lin
257 – How to Make a Great Story Boring – Notre-Dame
256 – The Power of Coaching
255 – Rich Church, Poor Church
128 – Collaboration and diversity is how you make progress (Rerun)
254 – Cooking Up Company Culture – Ericsson
253 – Radical Transparency in Action – Patagonia
252 – The Architecture of Play – Carl Sorensen
251 – Starting an Airline with a Blackboard – Richard Branson
250 – Barbie is Born – Ruth Handler
249 – Find the Torture You’re Comfortable With – Jerry Seinfeld
248 – Tuning into New Frequencies – Hedy Lamarr
247 – The Cure was Already Here – David Fajgenbaum
246 – The Value is in the Doing: Patrick Matthew
245 – Doing the Human Thing: Joe Ingles
244 – Building Culture with Your Bare Hands: Jeff Bezos
243 – Trust Your Spider Senses: Stan Lee
242 – Who’s Going to Bell the Cat?
241 – Turning Mistakes Into Magic: Miles Davies
Episode 240 – Everyday Storytelling: The Secret to Better Communication
239 – Patrick Cooley: How Stories Shape Leadership at Mars
238 – When Incentives Backfire: The Great Hanoi Rat Hunt
237 – Play Your Own Game: Josh Waitzkin
236 – Ignoring Expertise: The Vasa
235 – Price vs Value: Julius Caesar’s Ransom
234 – Paul Luxton: Storytelling and Authenticity in Leadership
233 – Sorry We Suck: Domino’s Pizza
232 – Humanity in the Trenches: The Christmas Truce of 1914
231 – A Parade to Billions: Bob Iger
230 – Purpose Drives Performance: Adam Grant
229 – Less is More: Edward Everett
228 – The Power and Peril of Storytelling: Orson Welles
227 – Too Good to Ignore: Cecilia Payne
226 – Falconry and Fortitude: The Siege of Malta
225 – Shady Dealings in a Bright Industry: Phoebus Cartel
224 – Small Inventions Can Change the World: John Gates
223 – Shelley Beumont: Storytelling in Communications
222 – Bridge to Nowhere
221 – Accidentally Iconic: Paul Simon
220 – Paul Fairweather: Storytelling and Creating Without Fear
219 – The Art of Brewing Influence
218 – Punching an Unconventional Path to Greatness – Vasyl Lomachenko
217 – The Foundations of Royal Canin – Jean Cathary
216 – Challenge the Status Quo – Todd McFarlane
215 – Rising from Burnout – Simone Biles
214 – Jumping to New Ideas – Richard Fosbury
213 – Value is Relative
212 – Fight Fire with Fire – Wagner Dodge
211 – Looks Can be Deceiving – Ronald Read
210 – There’s a Story Behind Everything
209 – Take the Opposing View
208 – Making Numbers Meaningful
207 – Control is an Illusion – Barbra Streisand
206 – Necessity is the Mother of Invention – John Sipe
205 – Creativity in Constraints – Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie
204 – The Serve and Return Turning Point: Agassi, Becker and perseverance
203 – The resilience and persistence story of Penfolds Grange
202 – Efficiency versus cost cutting
201 – Governance and accountability lose their Barings
200 – Weber BBQ Australian Success
199 – Approach to the south poles apart – Amundsen Scott
198 – Mayor in the monkey suit – Stuart Drummond
197 – Atlanta Olympic swim 1996 – Kieren Perkins
196 – Better fire story – Michigan Uni
195 – Bullet train kingfisher nose – Eiji Nakatsu
194 – French reverse mortgage – Jeanne Calment
193 – Rolling Stones songwriting – Andrew Loog Oldham
192 – Americas Cup speed focus – Peter Blake
190 – Infancy of the newborn test – Virginia Apgar
189 – The last raiders of the lost ark – Harrison Ford – Gary Marshall
188 – Sydney Opera House – Jorn Utzon – Ove Arup
187-Privacy in the EU – Anastasia Dedyukhina – Consciously Digital
185 – VR headsets are coming – Ursula Llabres from Meta
186 – Never give up – Jack Ma
184 – Don’t push your bias onto others – Fiona Wood
183 – Show your work as much as possible – The Caillebotte Seven
182 – Listen to your customer – Anita Roddick
181 – It’s never too late – Judith Curphey
180 – Focus on your work – Christine Ha
Replay 164 – You don’t need to be an expert – Lisa Blair
179 – There is no average
178 – Don’t lose sight of the collective impact of your decisions
177 – Create a space where ideas are shared – Ron Howard
176 – Connect your change to something known and familiar – Run-DMC and Aerosmith
175 – Don’t miss the big picture
174 – We have enough – Kurt Vonnegut and Joseph Heller
173 – Knowledge can come from any source with Maria Marenco
172 – Feedback doesn’t work
171 – Everybody matters
170 – One person can change the world
Replay 136 – Experiences change minds
169 – Model beneficial behaviours
168 – It’s not about you
167 – Believe in your people
166 – Don’t let money be your purpose
165 – Well-managed diverse teams are more productive
Replay 126 – Company values give confidence
164 – You don’t need to be an expert
163 – Understand the culture you’re operating in
162 – Use contrast to make an impact
161 – Plans often go astray
160 – Challenge your assumptions
159 – Try and try and try again
158 – Don’t argue, influence
157 – Take it one step at a time
156 – Adopt transparent systems
155 – Don’t ignore the Dottie in your life
154 – Less is more
153 – Focus on your goal
152 – Present a united front
151 – Balance performance and engagement
Anecdotally Speaking’s mid-year break
150 – In praise of small stories
Replay 112 – FedEx helicopter story absolutely positively flies
149 – Natural selection of the fittest story
148 – When sense takes flight
147 – The chemistry of hot and cold states
146 – The Assistant Director’s cut
145 – Dark mansions made of cubes and squares
144 – Science warms up to story
Replay 107 – You just might do it if you don’t know you can’t
143 – Not exactly a man cave
Replay 075 – Conflict is essential to collaboration
142 – Million-dollar bathroom basin
141 – Rocket science propelling librarians
140 – When you desperately need your plan B
139 – Contract bondage no good by George
138 – Scurvy sailors served sauerkraut
137 – Journeys of heroes and Beatles
136 – It’s like riding a new bike
135 – Noticing the cut versus feeling the pain
134 – Look for the good and trust in the work
Replay 034 – When baggage really flies
133 – Potter spells initiative
132 – Wolves, cane toads and tubby ships
Replay 023 – Industrial design with child’s play
131 – Did you have a nice Grand Slam, darling?
130 – Superwoman with x-ray vision
129 – The unexpected supporter
128 – Collaboration and diversity is how you make progress
127 – The mould that broke the staph
126 – Shattering decision on pet food quality
125 – Lending a hose to neighbours on fire
124 – When the stakes are sky high
123 – Tragic consequences of standing by
119 – Don’t do your block buster
113 – Low vaulting horse raises the bar
105 – A rose by any other clinical name
102 – Hidden Figures the prequel
099 – CEO becomes late chairman
098 – Gender biased snow job really hurts
097 – Beware your inner thespian
096 – Boarders stories and smoking guns
095 – Wolf stories in sheep’s clothing
094 – Building bridges to thaw the frozen
093 – Green team schemes screen fiends
092 – Seg no way
091 – Fire chief’s great instincts before bingo bango
090 – Corporate Storytelling—Job applications and interviews
088 – Corporate Storytelling—Strategy development and communication with Melodie Potts Rosevear