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Principle5YouMustBeAbletoHelpStoriesAlongandBeOpentoExperimentTrue Storytelling Principles?

1. Truth: You yourself must be true and prepare the energy and effort for a sustainable future

2. Make room: True storytelling makes spaces respecting the stories already there

3. Plot: You must create stories with a clear plot creating direction and help people prioritize

4. Timing: You must have timing 5. Help stories along: You must be able to help stories on their way and be

open to experiment 6. Staging: You must consider staging including scenography and artifacts 7. Reflection: You must reflect on the stories and how they create value

TODAY’S PLAN for Principle 5

1. Facilitator’smeetingstartingonehourbeforemainevent.2. CatherinedoesShamanicsong–fitswithIndigenousWaysofKnowing3. MainEventbeginsthisway:JensandLenaeachtellastoryofhelping

storiesalongandhowitgotofftrack,andbackontrack(5minuteseach)“It’saboutbeingoutinthearena.”

a. JenstheHansChristianAndersen‘Blockheadstory.b. Lena’sstoryoffoundingtheRockMuseum,andgettingthemuseum,

thedesign,andthecommunicationpeopletoengageinactual

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storytellingconversations,resultingintheexperiencemuseumasitslivingstory.

4. DavidtellsIWOK‘together-telling’fromNewZealand,‘livingstorywebworks’inindigenouspeoples,and‘conversationalstorytelling’ofself-correctingduringself-organizingasprocessesquitedifferentfromusualWWOKelevatorpitchinglaunches(5minutes).PleaseseeRosile(2016)book(referencesbelowformoreonIWOKandWWOK.

Backgroundthatisbehindtheexercise:Inself-correctingstorytellingconversations,thenumbersabovearepeopleinconversationalstorytellingevents,the‘ahau’isMaoritermforself-reflexivityonyourownlivingstory,thencarryingyourstorytofirstconversation.Infirstone,the2meanstwolike-mindedpeopleyouconversewith,beginningbysharingyourstory,andelicitingtheircounterstory.The‘1’intheeventreferstoapersonyouconversewiththatcanrefuteyouahau,andthatispartofbeingopentoself-correctinginductiveprocess.Inductionreferstothegettingouttherewithyourmuddyboots,andtalkingtofolksintherealworld,andlatertothetestingbylittleexperiments.CharlesSandersPeirceproposesfourtests:1. Self-reflexivity(ahau,intheaboveimage)2. Conversingwithotherstocheckifyourlivingstoryissameasotherfolks3. Doingsomeresearchintosciencesotherthanyourown4. Doinglittleexperiments.Theself-correctingconversationalstorytellingallowsyoutobeinthemoment,doingactsofcounterstory,littlewaystoexplore,whilehavingthatsafesspaceofsharingandacknowledging,inthegiveandtake,thebackandforth(moreseereferenceBoje&Rosile,below).

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5. FirstQuestionforBreakoutRooms(25minutes):Whatwasyoubesteverconversation?(Purpose:togetexperienceinconversationalstorytellingusingself-correctingmoves).

Instructionsfordoingself-correctingconversationalstorytelling:a. DecidewhoispartnerA,andwhoispartnerB,C,D,andsoon.b. PartnerAtellstoryofbestconversation(personalorproject

experience),whileothersdodeeplistening,andoneortwoshare,tellsacounterstoryturningtheconversationjustalittlebitbyself-correctingstorymove,whileengagedintheconversation

c. Switchroles,andPartnerBtellsstoryofbestoraworstconversationever,whileremainingpartnersdodeeplistening,andwhenturncomestellsslightlycounterstorymovingtheconversationslightlydifferent,orjusttocheckoutsomething,orovercomeachallenge.

d. Continuetorotateroles,soeveryonegetstotellstoryofbestandworstconversations,ormovealongtobestandworstprojectexperiences.

e. Debrief:whatinthisconversationmadeitdialogical?Andwhatmadeitdialectical?Whatexamplesofself-organizingoccurred?Whatexamplesofself-correctingdidyoudotobendconversation?Formoreonimprovisationandself-organizingprocesses,seeBoniferreferencesbelow;MoreonconversationalstorytellingseenewarticlebyBoje&Rosile(referencesbelow).

6. BacktoMainRoomforPlenary(10minutes).Dosomesharingandprepareforsecondpart:“BeingOpentoExperiment”

7. Whatis‘BeingOpentoExperiment’?Answerin10minutes:gettingouttherelistening,havingstorytellingconversations,testingbydoingcounterstoriesinthemidstofeverydaystorytellingconversations.

8. BreakoutRoomQuestion(groupsof4):Inyourownprojects,whatis‘BeingOpentoExperiment?’and‘Inwhatwayscanyouexperimentwith‘helpingstoriesalong?’15minutesthenreturn

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DPIEstandsforDiagnosis,ProjectPreparations,Implementation,andEvaluation,andisexampleofself-correcting.

10. ReturntoMainRoomforwrapupandpreparingfornextweek.PrincipleSix:Youmustconsiderstagingincludingscenographyandartifacts.Pleasebringartifactsandscenography(orpictures&drawings).Thisisawaytocontinuetohelpstoriesalongbythestaging…

Formoreonstaging,seeTheatersofCapitalism(availableinKindleorprint,referencebelow)

BackgroundMaterialonMainThemesinHelpStoryAlong&OpentoExperiment(perhapsbasisofadocumenttosendpeople):Somethingstoread:Boje,D.M.(2019).TheatersofCapitalism:CreatingConsciousCapitalism.LasCruces,

NewMexico:TamaraLandPublishing.Reviewathttps://www.cairn.info/revue-management-2018-1-page-667.htmorSeeKindle

Boje,D.M.,&Rosile,G.A.(2019).Conversationalstorytellingresearchmethods:cats,dogs,andhumansinpetcapitalism.CommunicationResearchandPractice,1-18.Availableonlinethroughresearchgate.

Boje,DavidM.&Rosile,GraceAnn.(inpress).HowtoUseConversationalStorytellingInterviewsforYourDissertation.EdwardElgarPublishing.https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/how-to-use-conversational-storytelling-interviews-for-your-dissertation-9781839104176.htmlandonlineversiontillpublishedathttps://davidboje.com

Bonifer,Michael.(2007).Gamechangers:Improvisationforbusinessinthenetworkedworld.McKavaPress.

Boje,DavidM.,&Bonifer,Michael.(2018).IMPROVTHEATERFORLEADERSHIPPEDAGOGY.TheEmeraldHandbookofQuantumStorytellingConsulting,51.

Larsen,J.,Bruun,L.,&Boje,D.M.(inpress)Truestorytelling.Routledge.Seehttp://truestorytelling.org

Rosile,GraceAnn.(2016).Tribalwisdomforbusinessethics.EmeraldGroupPublishingLimited.

SomebasicideasbehindPrinciple5:

1. ‘HelpingStoriesAlong’isaboutIndigenousWaysofKnowing(IWOK)notaboutWesternWaysofKnowing(WWOK).IWOKislivingstorywebs,andWWOKiselevatorpitches,branding,andcontrollinganarrativelaunch.

2. ‘HelpingStoriesAlong’isabout‘Together-Telling’comingtogetherofanensemble,notaboutbrandingastandardsmartmessageordoinggroupthinkofWesternWaysofKnowing.

3. KaylynnTwotreesdefines‘LivingStory’ashavingaplace,atime,andamind.JoTylersaysa‘LivingStory’isabout‘aliveness.’TheLivingStoryinthewebofLivingStoriesisalive,anddecideswhenit’sasafespace,asafetimeto

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comeoutandplay.It’snotaboutmakingitup,orfakingittillyoumakeit.Kaylynnworksformonthswithaclienthelpingthemgettoknoweachother’slivingstories.Sheishelping,buildingtheweboflivingstoriestogether,soeveryoneseestheirownlivingstoryinrelationtothewholestorytellingemergence.

4. HelpingStoriesAlongmeansengaginginstorytellingconversationsbybeingbothdialogicalanddialectical(adoublemovementofdialogicalanddialectical),nottheusualinterrogationinterview,nottheusualgroupthink

a. SeeworkbyPauloFreire(PedagogyoftheOppressed)b. Seenewbook(outsoon)byBojeandRosileonhowtodostorytelling

conversationsforyourdissertation?c. SeeBoje,D.M.,&Rosile,G.A.(2019).Conversationalstorytelling

researchmethods:cats,dogs,andhumansinpetcapitalism.CommunicationResearchandPractice,1-18.(AccessatResearchGate).

5. Itisaboutself-correctingbybeingintheflowofthewaves,usingconversationalstorytellingencounterstodosensemakingandcoursecorrectionsinhelpingstoriesalong,andbeingopentoexperimenting,inatrial-and-errorofself-correcting

6. It’sabout‘PassionateEngagement’beingpartoutintheaction,inthelivingstoryweb,and‘deeplistening’inthediversityoflivingstorynetworks.

7. Itis‘OpenToExperiment’intheday-to-day,intheeveryday,gettingouttherelistening,havingstorytellingconversations,testingbydoingcounterstoriesinthemidstofstorytellingconversations.

8. Notjustatool,it’sanIndigenousWayofBeing-in-the-Worldofrelationshipstocommunity,andrelationstoNature,andtothevibrantenergyalivenessofallthings.

a. Itsaboutbuildingmomentumbylotsofexperimentinlittleprojectsthathaveinvolvementwithpeople,allalongtheway

9. It’srhizomaticlikecrabgrass,nothierarchicalliketreebranches.10. It’saboutwhathappensinTamara-Land,becauseyoucannotbeinevery

room,andrelyonchasingstoriesformroomtoroom(Boje,1995).11. Thisisnotsellingacleveridea,itsaboutsellingwhatyoudo12. ThisisaboutGroundingineverydayness,joiningintheaction,having

storytellingconversations,beingpatof‘EnsembleStorytelling’13. AlivingStoryWebmeanseveryone’slivingstoryisincludedinthewebof

relations,inthegroundingofcommunityandNature14. HelpingStoriesAlong,meansthe‘aliveness’oflivingstories,howtheypeek

out,decideifit’sasafeplace,asafetime,thencomeoutandbecomeacharacter,becomealivenessandagential.

15. ItisaboutHaroldGarfinkel’s(1967)workonglossing,terse-telling,indexicals,andallthetaken-for-grantedofwhatisuntoldinsaying‘YouKnow’andthe‘etcetera’s’(Boje,1991)yetispartofcommunicatingintersubjectivityofuntoldstoriesleftuntoldbythoseintheknow(Hitchin,2014).