Thought Sparks The Power of Storytelling with Rita McGrath and Jaye Fenderson
In this week’s Thought Sparks Podcast episode, Rita McGrath, a Columbia University Business School Professor, C-Suite strategist, business founder and best-selling author, speaks with Jaye Fenderson, an award-winning filmmaker and cofounder of Three Frame Media, about the power of storytelling to forge human connection.
1:08 Jaye’s Journey to Becoming a Documentary Filmmaker
3:18 Storytelling, Human Connection, and the Liberal Arts
5:42 What Job Prospects for STEM and Humanities Graduates Tell Us About Soft Skills
7:14 Laying the Foundation of Trust: Stewarding Someone Else’s Story
9:42 The Technical Constraints of Shooting Documentary Film
14:01 “The Admissions Arms Race”: What We Get Wrong About Higher Ed Admissions
19:49 The Class: Producing a TV Show and College Advising During a Pandemic
25:31 COVID Guidelines as Creative Confines
30:50 Storytelling for Impact
34:40 The Power of Resources, from Doctors to College Counselors
38:31 Resilience and Perseverance From the Class of 2020
40:12 Growth Mindset and Having a Plan A, B, and C
42:47 Renovating Hope, and Jaye’s Upcoming Projects
46:37 Building an Audience and “Chasing the World” in Book Writing and Film Making
51:39 The Benefits of Pandemic Delays
56:21 Building Students’ Futures When College Counselors are the First to be Cut
58:25 “Flooding the System with Humans”, and Lessons on Scaling from Paul LeBlanc
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