The Perfect Story - Karen Eber
10/17/23 • 46 min
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Karen Eber and I share an odd thing in common. We both have different coloured eyes. It's called heterochromia. Mine is caused by Waardenburg Syndrome - Karen's may or may not be related to eating green crayons. (Check out the cover of her book and the first story she tells - you'll understand).
On Twitter one day, we exchanged stories about people's reactions to our eyes.
"Did you know your eyes are different colours? (Gee, I must have missed it in the mirror.)
"You look like my husky." (Ummm thanks? Not exactly though people love their dogs.)
"You are like David Bowie." (Ummm no. He had an enlarged pupil as the result of a fight.)
It's the type of uncommon experience that bonds across time and space.
That's how it started but we have other things in common like a passion for improving workplace culture and storytelling. Karen has written a fabulous new book called A Perfect Story and I invited her to tell us some of the best stories. We talk about the discipline needed to weave stories to make effective points - her book is a great example of how you don't need more stories to illustrate your theories. Storytelling can be manipulative with the wrong intentions and we talk about return to office mandates to illuminate this point.
Learn more about Karen Eber's book: The Perfect Story: How to Tell Stories that Inform, Influence, and Inspire, (HarperCollins, Oct 2023)
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Sponsored by Nola Simon Advisory: Learn More From This Bonus Podcast Episode
Karen Eber and I share an odd thing in common. We both have different coloured eyes. It's called heterochromia. Mine is caused by Waardenburg Syndrome - Karen's may or may not be related to eating green crayons. (Check out the cover of her book and the first story she tells - you'll understand).
On Twitter one day, we exchanged stories about people's reactions to our eyes.
"Did you know your eyes are different colours? (Gee, I must have missed it in the mirror.)
"You look like my husky." (Ummm thanks? Not exactly though people love their dogs.)
"You are like David Bowie." (Ummm no. He had an enlarged pupil as the result of a fight.)
It's the type of uncommon experience that bonds across time and space.
That's how it started but we have other things in common like a passion for improving workplace culture and storytelling. Karen has written a fabulous new book called A Perfect Story and I invited her to tell us some of the best stories. We talk about the discipline needed to weave stories to make effective points - her book is a great example of how you don't need more stories to illustrate your theories. Storytelling can be manipulative with the wrong intentions and we talk about return to office mandates to illuminate this point.
Learn more about Karen Eber's book: The Perfect Story: How to Tell Stories that Inform, Influence, and Inspire, (HarperCollins, Oct 2023)
Sign up for Karen Eber's newsletter
Subscribe to Karen Eber's YouTube Channel
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