Corporate Story #1: Always a clean bank branch

People love stories because they are full of experiences that we identify with. Here is a story that employees of a bank tell each other to this day: It happened in one of the company’s ordinary bank branches. The glass entrance door was always slightly smeared....

Enzensberger on storytelling (from 1957)

It is already particularly remarkable that Hans Magnus Enzensberger uses the English word “story” in an essay in Der Spiegel in 1957 to explain the presentation form of Spiegel stories. “In fact, SPIEGEL is by no means a news paper. Rather, its...

Storytelling: People love stories

People love stories because they are full of people, adventures, and experiences; people, adventures, and experiences that we can relate to. Our brains are hardwired to learn by observing others. Stories allow us to learn in a simple and clear way, especially in a...