{"id":1919,"date":"2018-05-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-13T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xperience.consulting\/?p=1919"},"modified":"2024-04-21T13:11:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T12:11:55","slug":"searching-for-maybe-man-951b1c56294d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xperience.consulting\/?p=1919","title":{"rendered":"Searching for Maybe-man."},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\n      * {\n        font-family: Georgia, Cambria, \"Times New Roman\", Times, serif;\n      }\n      html, body {\n        margin: 0;\n        padding: 0;\n      }\n      h1 {\n        font-size: 50px;\n        margin-bottom: 17px;\n        color: #333;\n      }\n      h2 {\n        font-size: 24px;\n        line-height: 1.6;\n        margin: 30px 0 0 0;\n        margin-bottom: 18px;\n        margin-top: 33px;\n        color: #333;\n      }\n      h3 {\n        font-size: 30px;\n        margin: 10px 0 20px 0;\n        color: #333;\n      }\n      header {\n        width: 640px;\n        margin: auto;\n      }\n      section {\n        width: 640px;\n        margin: auto;\n      }\n      section p {\n        margin-bottom: 27px;\n        font-size: 20px;\n        line-height: 1.6;\n        color: #333;\n      }\n      section img {\n        max-width: 640px;\n      }\n      footer {\n        padding: 0 20px;\n        margin: 50px 0;\n        text-align: center;\n        font-size: 12px;\n      }\n      .aspectRatioPlaceholder {\n        max-width: auto !important;\n        max-height: auto !important;\n      }\n      .aspectRatioPlaceholder-fill {\n        padding-bottom: 0 !important;\n      }\n      header,\n      section[data-field=subtitle],\n      section[data-field=description] {\n        display: none;\n      }\n      <\/style>\n<article class=\"h-entry\">\n<header>\n<h1 class=\"p-name\">Searching for Maybe-man.<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"p-summary\" data-field=\"subtitle\">\u201cWerner. Everything will be fine. As long as we have a great story to tell.\u201d, I heard this a few times over the years I worked with one of\u2026<\/section>\n<section class=\"e-content\" data-field=\"body\">\n<section class=\"section section--body section--first\">\n<div class=\"section-divider\">\n<hr class=\"section-divider\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"section-content\">\n<div class=\"section-inner sectionLayout--insetColumn\">\n<h3 id=\"eceb\" class=\"graf graf--h3 graf--leading graf--title\">Searching for Maybe-man.<\/h3>\n<p id=\"6afc\" class=\"graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote graf-after--h3\">\u201cWerner. Everything will be fine. As long as we have a great story to tell.\u201d, I heard this a few times over the years I worked with one of my former bosses.<\/p>\n<p id=\"204b\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">In case you wondered; she was right, more times I cared to count. Turns out Russian Novelist Leo Tolstoy understood this long before us, \u2018Good art infects the audience with the storyteller\u2019s emotions and ideas\u2019.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"7c56\" class=\"graf graf--figure graf-after--p\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"graf-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-images-1.medium.com\/max\/800\/1*cyopEVdDuy9rjOWcrJ808g.jpeg\" data-image-id=\"1*cyopEVdDuy9rjOWcrJ808g.jpeg\" data-width=\"3024\" data-height=\"3024\" data-is-featured=\"true\" \/><figcaption class=\"imageCaption\">Q22 Warsaw\u200a\u2014\u200aThe canvas for many potential \u2018stories\u2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"8c87\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--figure\">Like a virus. Stories have an incredible capacity to influence decisions as spreads within the organism, that is an organisation.<\/p>\n<p id=\"76cf\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">In most great companies decision making is decentralised, but accountability flows from the top down. You are free to make a decision, as long as you take into account that your team leader will be accountable for the outcome.<\/p>\n<p id=\"411c\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">How do you tell infectious stories? It starts with \u201cMy Story\u201d, which refers to a decision or goal you want to achieve. The critical step, make sure you are not the hero. For a story to spread, you must align the narrative with the underlying worldview of the inner (senior) circles. You want your story to spread to them; they are the audience that Tolstoy refers to.<\/p>\n<blockquote id=\"12a3\" class=\"graf graf--blockquote graf--startsWithDoubleQuote graf-after--p\"><p>\u201cYou can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.\u201d\u200a\u2014\u200aHilary Hinton \u201cZig\u201d Ziglar.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"c854\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--blockquote\">Find a \u2018maybe-man\u2019, a champion with whom the story resonates most. Someone you can trust to turn \u201cMy Story\u201d into \u201cOur story\u201d\u200a\u2014\u200aand carry the message forth.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ce37\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">Prepare for compromise. Even if you chose your maybe-man well and sent him forth with a well-crafted narrative, a compromise might inevitably have to be made. You still get the green light you needed, but terms and conditions will apply. It comes with the \u2018our story\u2019 territory.<\/p>\n<p id=\"8e2f\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">There might be unicorns. Stories that skip like a stone on the water, reaching the very core of the organism without resistance becoming \u2018everybody\u2019s\u2019 story\u2019. The secret is to keep on trying.<\/p>\n<p id=\"5f78\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">Three years ago I made Poland my home, and it was not an easy feat. My story had to carry me all the way from Africa, gaining the trust of many within the organisation. It was in the wisdom of my former director\u2019s words that I found the motivation.<\/p>\n<p id=\"8cba\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p graf--trailing\">Anything is indeed possible if you have a great story to tell.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"section section--body section--last\">\n<div class=\"section-divider\">\n<hr class=\"section-divider\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"section-content\">\n<div class=\"section-inner sectionLayout--insetColumn\">\n<figure id=\"c691\" class=\"graf graf--figure graf--leading graf--trailing\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"graf-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-images-1.medium.com\/max\/800\/1*p_Ohg_dsuYeu5mr0D8noWQ.png\" data-image-id=\"1*p_Ohg_dsuYeu5mr0D8noWQ.png\" data-width=\"2479\" data-height=\"1300\" \/><figcaption class=\"imageCaption\">Sketch-notes, considering how decision are being made in my\u00a0company.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<footer>By <a class=\"p-author h-card\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@werner.puchert\">Werner Puchert<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/p\/951b1c56294d\"><time class=\"dt-published\" datetime=\"2018-05-14T11:55:42.547Z\">May 14, 2018<\/time><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"p-canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@werner.puchert\/searching-for-maybe-man-951b1c56294d\">Canonical link<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Exported from <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\">Medium<\/a> on April 19, 2024.<\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Searching for Maybe-man. \u201cWerner. 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