The StoryBank

Indranil Chakraborty (IC)
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Stories have impact. When we use them in our business conversations, they make our messages clear and memorable. We are all great storytellers, but we can't be a one-story wonder. This podcast is designed to help you build your story collection.

  1. Episode 161 – Intuition or Analysis – Six Lives At Stake

    2d ago

    Episode 161 – Intuition or Analysis – Six Lives At Stake

    Send us Fan Mail In the world of business, full of buzzwords like brainstorming, analysis, rationality, is there still a role for instinct and intuition? Today’s story will convince you there is. It’s about a split-second decision, made with zero data and zero time to think it through. No spreadsheet. No team discussion. No “let’s weigh the options.” Just a feeling. A feeling so strong that it overrode everything the textbooks say a good leader should do in a crisis. And that feeling saved six lives. The strange part? The person who made that call couldn’t explain why he made it. Not at the time. Not for years afterward, until someone finally helped him figure it out. What he discovered changes how I think about every “gut call” I’ve ever made and probably every one you’ve made too. Listen on. For more #storiesatwork do have a look the playlists of stories on our website - https://bit.ly/SW_Stories Your friends and family can join our WhatsApp group to get copies of our videos. https://bit.ly/SW_WA_11 Our website has a video version of this story.  https://storyworks.in/storybanks/ Follow me on LinkedIn -->linkedin.com/in/i-am-ic

    6 min
  2. Episode 160 - Facts Inform. Stories Move - A Lesson from 9/11

    Jun 15

    Episode 160 - Facts Inform. Stories Move - A Lesson from 9/11

    Send us Fan Mail You’ve presented the data. Made the case. Shown the numbers. And still nothing moved. Sound familiar? The reason that happens is that logic and data alone is often not enough.  Canadian neurologist Donald Calne spent his career studying how humans make decisions. In his book, Within Reason, he concluded: “The essential difference between emotion and reason is that emotion leads to action while reason leads to conclusions.” Logic gets you nodding heads. Not changed behaviour. Whether you’re leading a team, closing a sale, or trying to shift a culture, agreement isn’t enough. We need action. And the only reliable path to action runs through emotion, not data. The most powerful tool for that? A well-told story. In today’s episode, I’ll demonstrate it with a story from one of the darkest days in modern history. For more #storiesatwork do have a look the  playlists of stories on our website - https://bit.ly/SW_Stories  Your friends and family can join our WhatsApp group to get copies of our videos. https://bit.ly/SW_WA_11 Our website has a video version of this story.  https://storyworks.in/storybanks/ Follow me on LinkedIn -->linkedin.com/in/i-am-ic

    9 min
  3. Episode 159 – Bruno Fernandes, The Assist Maker – The Best Leaders Make Others Score

    Jun 8

    Episode 159 – Bruno Fernandes, The Assist Maker – The Best Leaders Make Others Score

    Send us Fan Mail In a world that worships the goal-scorer, this week’s story is about the man who made the goals possible. As a Manchester United fan of 32 years, Bruno Fernandes breaking the all-time Premier League assists record didn’t just make me smile — it reinforced a belief I’ve held for a long time. That the most valuable person in any team is not always the most visible one. Watch this week’s story. This one’s for every team player who deserves to get the credit they often don’t. For more #storiesatwork do have a look the playlists of stories on our website - https://bit.ly/SW_Stories Your friends and family can join our WhatsApp group to get copies of our videos. https://bit.ly/SW_WA_11 Our website has a video version of this story.  https://storyworks.in/storybanks/ Follow me on LinkedIn -->linkedin.com/in/i-am-ic

    6 min
  4. Episode 158 - He Should Be My Boss - Satya Nadella’s Unexpected Move

    Jun 1

    Episode 158 - He Should Be My Boss - Satya Nadella’s Unexpected Move

    Send us Fan Mail A story that touched my heart about a CEO I admire and an act I never expected to happen in a dog eat dog world. Listen on. For more #storiesatwork do have a look the  playlists of stories on our website - https://bit.ly/SW_Stories  Your friends and family can join our WhatsApp group to get copies of our videos. https://bit.ly/SW_WA_11 Our website has a video version of this story.  https://storyworks.in/storybanks/ Follow me on LinkedIn -->linkedin.com/in/i-am-ic

    5 min
  5. Episode 157 - The Rose That Changed History - Florence Nightingale’s Data Revolution

    May 25

    Episode 157 - The Rose That Changed History - Florence Nightingale’s Data Revolution

    Send us Fan Mail Is having data and sharing data enough to convince people to take action? Of course not. We need to help people see reality clearly enough that the right answer becomes obvious. While Data Storytelling is a very powerful way to do it, today's example from Tim Harford's book, ‘The Data Detective’, demonstrates an equally powerful and sometimes more powerful method. A story involving Florence Nightingale. But not the Florence Nightingale you think you know. Listen on. For more #storiesatwork do have a look the  playlists of stories on our website - https://bit.ly/SW_Stories  Your friends and family can join our WhatsApp group to get copies of our videos. https://bit.ly/SW_WA_11 Our website has a video version of this story.  https://storyworks.in/storybanks/ Follow me on LinkedIn -->linkedin.com/in/i-am-ic

    9 min
  6. Episode 156 – Power without Mastery – The AI Blind Spot?

    May 18

    Episode 156 – Power without Mastery – The AI Blind Spot?

    Send us Fan Mail Like many of you, I'm navigating two very different emotions about AI — the excitement of a kid in a candy store and the fear of someone standing at the edge of a cliff. And with every new release, both are intensifying. Many of us are racing to harness AI's power. But are we asking a harder question: do we know how to stop it if things go wrong? Then I came across two tales in the prologue of Yuval Noah Harari's new book, Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI. Listen on… and tell me if you feel the same tension. For more #storiesatwork do have a look the playlists of stories on our website - https://bit.ly/SW_Stories Your friends and family can join our WhatsApp group to get copies of our videos. https://bit.ly/SW_WA_11 Our website has a video version of this story.  https://storyworks.in/storybanks/ Follow me on LinkedIn -->linkedin.com/in/i-am-ic

    5 min
  7. Episode 155 – No One Briefed The Gorilla – Prepare Then Let Go

    May 11

    Episode 155 – No One Briefed The Gorilla – Prepare Then Let Go

    Send us Fan Mail Yesterday, Sir David Attenborough turned one hundred years old. No one alive has done more to make ordinary people like me fall in love with the natural world. A man with a microphone and a camera crew and an extraordinary gift for telling stories that made you feel you were right there, in the rainforest, on the ocean floor, at the edge of the volcano. I have been thinking about what made him so different. And I keep coming back to one thing. It wasn’t just preparation. It wasn’t just passion. It was what he did when the moment stopped following the plan. Many leaders I work with are excellent at preparing. They craft their message, rehearse their delivery, anticipate the questions. And then something unexpected happens in the room. A question they didn’t see coming, a conversation that shifts direction, a moment that the agenda didn’t account for. And they freeze. Or worse, they ignore it and keep following the script. Today’s story is about one single afternoon in Sir David Attenborough’s life that became one of the most watched moments in television history. It nearly didn’t make it to air. And it holds, I think, two of the most important lessons a leader can carry into any meeting, presentation or conversation. Here is the link to the longer video sequence: https://bit.ly/DA_Go For more #storiesatwork do have a look the playlists of stories on our website - https://bit.ly/SW_Stories Your friends and family can join our WhatsApp group to get copies of our videos. https://bit.ly/SW_WA_11 Our website has a video version of this story.  https://storyworks.in/storybanks/ Follow me on LinkedIn -->linkedin.com/in/i-am-ic

    7 min
  8. Episode 154 – AI Needs Fresh Eyes – Walk out the door and come back in

    May 4

    Episode 154 – AI Needs Fresh Eyes – Walk out the door and come back in

    Send us Fan Mail Every good leader knows how to manage change. New processes, new structures, new tools etc. These are hard, but they're familiar. But AI is asking for something far more challenging. It's not asking us to learn a new tool. It's asking us to rethink how work itself gets done. And that's not a process change or a technology change, it's a CULTURE CHANGE. And culture change is the hardest kind there is. Satya Nadella put it well recently. He said the hardest part of AI isn't the technology. It's change management. It’s getting people to change how they work. He talked about four things organisations need to build: Mindset, Skillset, Toolset, and Dataset. Of the four, Mindset is the one that will determine whether the other three matter at all. The uncomfortable truth about mindset change is that the obstacle is usually not that people don't know what needs to change. The obstacle is attachment. Attachment to the processes that built our success. Attachment to the structures we're proud of. Attachment to the story we tell ourselves about who we are and what our organisation stands for. Until we find a way to step back from those attachments we stay stuck. Knowing what to do, but unable to do it. This week's story is about a leader who found a way to break free from exactly this kind of attachment. At a moment when his company's survival depended on it. The method he used is something every leader facing AI transformation can apply today. For more #storiesatwork do have a look the playlists of stories on our website - https://bit.ly/SW_Stories Your friends and family can join our WhatsApp group to get copies of our videos. https://bit.ly/SW_WA_11 Our website has a video version of this story.  https://storyworks.in/storybanks/ Follow me on LinkedIn -->linkedin.com/in/i-am-ic

    9 min
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Stories have impact. When we use them in our business conversations, they make our messages clear and memorable. We are all great storytellers, but we can't be a one-story wonder. This podcast is designed to help you build your story collection.

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  • Creator
    Indranil Chakraborty (IC)
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    160
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