

Anecdotally Speaking
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.
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Nov 16, 2020 • 48min
084 – Corporate Storytelling—Values communication with Indranil Chakraborty
How can you inspire your team to hold your company values? Listen to hear Indranil Chakraborty, a storytelling expert and Anecdote Partner, unpack values communication.
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Nov 9, 2020 • 45min
083 – Corporate Storytelling—Brand communication with Darren Woolley
Have you been in a boring presentation, wearily watching slide after slide? Listen to hear marketing guru and friend of Anecdote, Darren Woolley, unpack brand communication.
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Nov 2, 2020 • 31min
082 – Corporate Storytelling—Leadership communication with Hannah Davies
Can effective leadership exist without storytelling? Listen to hear how leadership consultant and executive coach, Hannah Davies, unpacks corporate storytelling.
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Oct 26, 2020 • 25min
081 – Hungry public gobbles up MSG tale
Is MSG bad for you? Listen to hear how a letter to the editor drastically changed our perception of MSG in Chinese food.
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Oct 19, 2020 • 16min
080 – Crummy early adoption for first bread slicer
We all know the saying, ‘the best thing since sliced bread,’ but who invented the bread-slicing machine? Listen to hear Otto Rohwedder’s surprising journey in selling his first bread slicer.
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Oct 12, 2020 • 15min
079 – Halen down on Eddie’s rogue m&m
Listen to hear how you should never make assumptions, even about Van Halen’s obsession over brown m&m’s.
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Oct 5, 2020 • 17min
078 – Tetanus icky not so sticky
Sometimes when you want people to take action it can be harder expected. Listen to hear how a Yale University experiment exposed why details are important.
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Sep 28, 2020 • 19min
077 – Benjamin’s book borrowing turns rival to friend
Sometimes asking for a favour is a good way to build rapport. Listen to hear how Benjamin Franklin turned a rival to a friend.
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Sep 21, 2020 • 25min
076 – Dome making not an egg-xact science
Can you balance an egg on its pointy end? Listen to hear how Brunelleschi revolutionised how we think about innovation with one small egg demonstration.
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Sep 14, 2020 • 20min
075 – Conflict is essential to collaboration
Do you need an effective example of data storytelling? Listen to hear how Dr Alice Stewart found the correlation between x-raying pregnant women and childhood cancer.
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