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The StoryBank

Indranil Chakraborty (IC)

Stories have impact. When we use them in our business conversations, they make our messages clear and memorable. We are all great storytellers, but we can"t be a one-story wonder. This podcast is designed to help you build your story collection.

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Episode 69 – The Power of A Positive Mindset

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2023/10/22

There is a quote that often appears on social media to promote positive mindset.“According to all known laws of aerodynamics, there is no way that a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyways. Because no one told the bee it can’t.”THIS IS A MYTH.However, here is a real story you could use to replace that myth.What a story! I first heard this story from the my partners in Australia - Shawn Callahan and Mark Schenk

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Episode 68 - Does Bureaucracy Work?

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2023/10/15

Big Brother is a fictional character and symbol in George Orwell's dystopian 1949 novel called ‘1984’.Phrases like ‘Big brother is watching’ and words like ‘bureaucracy’ have come to symbolise the stifling of employees’ potential by their organisations.But when used well, with the right intent it can actually have an extremely positive effect. I first heard this story from the my partners in Australia - Shawn Callahan and Mark Schenk from Anecdote.Listen on….For more Stories at Work do

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Episode 67 - The Dotties In Your Life

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2023/10/08

How many of you know the name of your office lift man (if you have one)?What about the housekeeping person who cleans up every morning?Do we only know the names of people who are or someday might be useful for us?I hope the answers to the above questions are YES, YES, NO. Do honestly share your answers in the comments.If not, perhaps we should reflect. Hope you find this story thought provoking.Do honestly share your answers in the comments. I first heard this story from the my partners in Australia

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Episode 66 – Lionel Messi And His Left Foot

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2023/10/01

If Lionel Messi worked in a corporate, there is a high likelihood he would be just another good footballer.Fortunately, he was under a wise coach at La Maisa, the FC Barcelona Academy.This story is about the Feedback Fallacy. Feedback in the way it is given in most organisations doesn’t work. I am sure what I am saying runs counter to everything you would have heard, read or seen in any organisation.Does your company have the concept of PIP - Performance Improvement Plan? Does your training needs

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Episode 65 – Alan Mulally – The Ford Traffic Light

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2023/09/15

Ever heard of the watermelon effect?I was introduced to the term a few years ago and it makes sense. The name has to be understood quite literally. Describe a watermelon. Besides being a fruit, round, and full of seeds, it is green outside – but red inside.And that is exactly WHERE the name comes from. The watermelon effect is what happens when employees dare not tell management what they really think and how it really goes. Instead, they colour all the measurements green, as if everything is going

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Episode 64 – The Bystander Effect

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2023/09/08

Have you ever noticed that when there is a crowd, very often, no one steps in to help?This is called the "bystander effect". This story demonstrates how dangerous it can be. I also discuss what you can do when you are the one who needs help (maybe with a project or presentation) and crowd (colleagues) doesn't step in. It's not that everyone is selfish or they don't want to help. The are all suffering from a phenomenon called Bystander Apathy. I first heard this story from

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Episode 63 – Messi V Ronaldo

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2023/09/01

“Why does the Argentine team pass more balls to Messi than the Portugal team does to Ronaldo?” - Rubens, a taxi driver in Goa.Messi Vs RonaldoTeamwork Vs Individual brilliance.Could Ronaldo have won the GOAT debate if he did one thing that Messi does better?Listen onThank you RamG for the story. www.ramgvallath.comFor more Stories at Work do subscribe to our YouTube channel which has two playlists - #StoryBank https://bit.ly/WStoryB and #LeaderSpeak https://bit.ly/WLeaderSYou can also join our

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Episode 62 – The Average Man

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2023/08/25

When you design a product or service for the “average customer”, you actually design for no one. Not even one in 4603 people.Curious?For more #storiesatwork do subscribe to our YouTube channel #StoryBank - https://bit.ly/SW_SBYT #LeaderSpeak - https://bit.ly/SW_LSYT.You can also join our WhatsApp group to get a copy of this video. https://bit.ly/SW_WA_1Our website has a video version of this story. https://storyworks.in/storybanks/Follow me on LinkedIn -->linkedin.com/in/i-am-ic

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Episode 61 – The Styrofoam Cup

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2023/08/18

When I moved from my corporate role to that of self-employed, a lot of things I took for granted disappeared. A call from my office was enough to get even the most senior personnel of our vendors to drop everything and come for a meeting. I suddenly had to keep calling people’s secretaries multiple times to get an appointment.In the past, I often got upgraded at hotels and airports. Ushered out of immigration lines and accorded VIP treatment in airports from Bangladesh to Brazil. I felt very proud

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Episode 60 - The Credential Boost

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2023/08/11

How do clients react when a colleague calls out your experience and expertise. This story shows that it can be very powerful.In my work, we take it even further and tell a story that brings out the person’s experience rather then just claiming it. I call it a Key Staff story. A great way to boost credentials. I first heard this story from the my partners in Australia - Shawn Callahan and Mark Schenk from Anecdote.Let me know your thoughts.For more #storiesatwork do subscribe to our YouTube channel

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Episode 59 - Bias, Hidden in Snow?

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2023/08/06

On 28th Oct, 2022, the Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) announced pay equity for Indian women cricketers. It rightfully got a lot of media coverage. Biases that exist which are easy to spot can be corrected if the organisation intends to do the same.But what happens when the bias is hidden. Hidden biases often hide in plain sight and are usually created not out of bad intent but because no one actually thought about it. Sometimes it is difficult to believe if it even exists.Today's

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Episode 58 - In the Night Club

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2023/08/04

“On one hand you have Yuvraj Singh and on the other Rahul Dravid. Both assets for the team”. Sourav talks about how you need to use different strokes for different folk.www.StoryWorks.in allows you to search for business points in over a hundred storiess. Do try it out.For more #storiesatwork do subscribe to our YouTube channel which has two playlists - #StoryBank and #LeaderSpeak.1. StoryBank Playlist https://bit.ly/SW_SBYT2. LeaderSpeak Playlist https://bit.ly/SW_LSYTYou can also join our WhatsApp

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Episode 57 - The Personnel Checklist

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2023/07/30

*Apocryphal Story: * A story of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true.I don’t usually use apocryphal stories. As you know, my definition of a business story is - a business story is a fact, wrapped in context and delivered with emotion.But this story, about Aditya Birla, has been inspirational and I have been looking to verify its authenticity over the last two years.I have finally decided share it and see if any of you can authenticate it.It’s a great lesson, we can all

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Episode 56 - The Dhoni Twist

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2023/07/28

Did Dhoni know something that Kumble didn’t? Perhaps…Incentives & disincentives work when we combine moral and social along with monetary. Listen to how Dhoni knew this intuitively and how economists in Israel needed an experiment to come to the same conclusion.I first heard this story from the my partners in Australia - Shawn Callahan and Mark Schenk from Anecdote.For more Stories at Work do subscribe to our YouTube channel which has two playlists -#StoryBank https://bit.ly/WStoryB

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Episode 54 - Talent Density

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2023/07/21

I am sure most of us have experienced that colleague who is awesome at his work but impossible to work with. Someone who may be a fantastic performer but also good at making the rest of us feel that we are just taking up too much space.At Netflix they call them “brilliant jerks”. While in many other organisations these individuals would be both recognised and rewarded, at Netflix they are shown the door.The same happens to the amicable nice guy who gets along with everyone but is an average

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Episode 55 - The Perfect Want Ad

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2023/07/21

Would you ever join a team which promised “hazardous journey, small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful, honour and recognition in case of success”Probably not. Listen to this story to see how honesty is the best policy even when recruiting.For more Stories at Work do subscribe to our YouTube channel which has two playlists - #StoryBank https://bit.ly/WStoryB and #LeaderSpeak https://bit.ly/WLeaderSYou can also join our WhatsApp group to get a

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Episode 53 - The Power of Tiny Gains

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2023/07/16

Have you ever wondered why gyms are full in January but empty a month later?Why ambitious goals - write a book, build a business, lose 20 kg - is often not achieved?An attempt at massive change, for most people, will remain just that – an attempt!The change is just too big.We tell ourselves that we need to make huge changes, that all of our friends will be amazed by, because making small changes just isn’t going to make it to our facebook page status!‘I had no chocolate on Tuesday this week!’‘I

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Episode 52 - The Stanford 5$ Experiment

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2023/07/14

If I gave you Rs. 500 as seed money for a entrepreneurial venture and told you - “you have two hours to make as much money as you can make using this seed money”, what would you do?Take a moment and think of a few options before you read further....Buy a lottery ticket?Gamble?In 2005, Tina Seelig, the professor of entrepreneurship at Stanford, gave the same challenge to the students and this is what they came up with.Listen on and then let me know what you thought. Would you have an even better

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Episode 51 – The bridge to nowhere

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2023/07/09

The bridge to nowhere is a story with a powerful lesson in what happens when we cannot adapt.Certainty is something we have valued dearly (checking the weather forecast is just one manifestation of this).With COVID changing lives as we have known it, nothing is certain any longer.Which is our bridge that may be leading to nowhere if we don’t adapt, is a question worth asking.For more Stories at Work do subscribe to our YouTube channel which has two playlists - #StoryBank https://bit.ly/WStoryB

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Episode 50 - Is this your best?

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2023/07/07

Whether you’re an athlete, aspiring coach, or business professional, the ultimate goal remains the same: reaching your potential.But it’s not always easy to do that on your own. There are times we need a push, someone to make us raise our own bar. Did you have someone who did that for you?Share and tag that person and use this post to thank them. At the time it happened you may have felt disappointed or even hurt but they had your best in mind.For me, during my days at Unilever it was Nitin

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