![]() He is a huge underdog in the series because he is despised by his family for being a dwarf, but even so, he gets some of the best lines and is chock full of wisdom and wit. Tyrion seems to be everyone's favorite character in Game of Thrones, and for good reason. ![]() This line is spoken by Tyrion Lannister (played by Peter Dinklage), in the episode "Winter is Coming," in Game of Thrones, written by David Benioff and D.B. But by putting their faith in a storyteller, the lords and ladies of Westeros are honoring the single greatest tool that leaders have to inspire future generations-the power of story.Game of Thrones Television Assorted TV Character War Society Respect Relationship Intelligence Nature Truth Life Inspirational Context I don’t know if Bran Stark will be the best ruler of the Seven Kingdoms (six, actually, since Sansa Stark decided to keep the North independent). That’s why many veteran execs at Nike spend time telling corporate campfire stories." In the corporate world, storytellers keep the brand’s history alive.įor example, Nike designates some executives as storytellers. “As Nike gets even bigger, its storytellers feel that their mission becomes even more critical,” according to a Fast Company feature on the Nike storytelling culture. At Nike, the heroics of the past inspire the innovations of the future. "The best way for a company to create a prosperous future is to make sure all of its employees understand the company’s past. In her book, Leadership for Turbulent Times, historian Doris Kearns Goodwin wrote about a leader who was so admired for his verbal skills, he “drew crowds from the countryside eager to be regaled and entertained by a master storyteller.” The storyteller was Abraham Lincoln. “He understood early on that concrete examples and stories provided the best vehicles for teaching,” writes Goodwin. We think in story, talk in story, and admire those who keep and spread our stories. Their reputations spread beyond the tribe as people came from near and far to listen to them. While the tools of communication have changed, the human brain has not. The best storytellers were admired for engaging their audiences. According to Wiessner, “Stories told by firelight put listeners on the same emotional wavelength, elicited understanding, trust, and sympathy, and built positive reputations for qualities like humor, congeniality, and innovation.” The good ones were widely admired for their ability to hold an audience’s attention, to keep them laughing, and for entertaining as well as informing. Like today’s communicators, some ancient storytellers were more skilled than others. ![]() “Appetites for firelit settings for intimate conversations and for evening stories remain with us today,” Wiessner reminds us. ![]() Social anthropologists like Polly Wiessner at the University of Utah believe storytelling played an important role in the evolution of society. Storytellers were the keepers of the tribe’s memory-its culture and history. Once our ancestors gained control of fire, they could cook food, ward off predators, and tell stories around the campfire. Storytelling around the campfire lit our imaginationĪnthropologists point to fire as the spark that ignited human evolution.
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