The Road Not Traveled
Far from wallowing in regret, asking “what might have been?” can open up a powerful mode of learning and analysis.
PROFIT FROM EXPERIENCE.
INSIGHTS
Arielle Gorin
- Jun 14
- 4 min
When Nostalgia Becomes Dangerous—and What to Do About It
The best way to combat the corrosive effects of nostalgia is not to block out the past; it's to engage with the past in a thoughtful way.
Arielle Gorin
- Jun 9
- 2 min
The Ideal Worker: How to Get Beyond Fake Stories
How do we recognize false or unhelpful stories and start telling ourselves a different story?
Arielle Gorin
- May 25
- 2 min
Can Keeping a Journal Make You a Better Leader?
Structured reflection is a powerful problem-solving tool both for CEOs and the organizations they lead.
Arielle Gorin
- Mar 23
- 2 min
The Answer to Ancestor Trouble
Families benefit from understanding and reckoning with difficult pasts rather than suppressing them.
Arielle Gorin
- Mar 17
- 1 min
Shaping the Future by Merging Old and New
Innovation does not happen in a vacuum, and is rarely created from scratch.
Arielle Gorin, John Seaman
- Nov 17, 2021
- 6 min
Together Apart: Using Narrative to Reinforce Culture, At Home or In the Office
In an era of remote or hybrid work, organizational narrative is the key to building a resilient and sustainable culture.
Administrator
- Nov 10, 2021
- 1 min
Storytelling Through Architecture: Lessons for Nonprofits
See how nonprofits of any size can leverage the immersive power of their physical spaces to communicate mission, values, and vision.
John Seaman, Arielle Gorin
- Sep 8, 2021
- 6 min
Stories That Work: How Strategic Narratives Can Transform Purpose, Brand, and Reputation
See what three leading brands gained by tapping into the power of their own strategic narrative—and what another one lost when it did not.
Arielle Gorin
- Jun 17, 2021
- 1 min
The Stories We Tell
A recent piece in the Atlantic by Kaitlyn Tiffany tells not one but several stories about Eastman Kodak: of the author's personal...
Arielle Gorin
- May 12, 2021
- 2 min
Organizational History: A Creative Act
Writing history is a creative enterprise. Historians must choose when to begin and end the story, what details to include or exclude,...
Arielle Gorin
- Apr 28, 2021
- 1 min
What It Means to Confront a Difficult Past
A recent New York Times guest essay by Planned Parenthood Federation of America president Alexis McGill Johnson explained how the group...
John Seaman
- Sep 4, 2019
- 6 min
What's Your Story?
Storytelling is all the rage these days. In a world that is swimming in content, more and more organizations have begun using stories to...
John Seaman
- Apr 10, 2019
- 3 min
Memories of the Game
It’s baseball season again, and that got me to thinking about fandom. Why do we support one team and not another, and why so passionately...
John Seaman
- Jan 8, 2019
- 1 min
Emotions in Family Enterprise
What do love and jealousy, passion and shame, fraternity and anger have to do with managing a family business? That is the focus of the...
Arielle Gorin
- Dec 4, 2018
- 3 min
For AT&T and TimeWarner, the Past Offers a Cautionary Tale—and a Way Forward
What makes a merger work? That question has newfound relevance with the announcement that the US Department of Justice has sued to stop...
Arielle Gorin
- Nov 7, 2018
- 3 min
What Wealth Managers Can Learn From Medieval Knights—and the Lineage They Share
Today’s wealth managers face a generational challenge. After devoting the countless hours it takes to understand their clients’ goals and...
Andrea DaRif
- Jul 12, 2018
- 5 min
The F-Word: Why It’s No Longer Taboo in the Corporate World
As you stroll through a new museum in Helsingborg, Sweden, past an old Sony Betamax video recorder and a bottle of Harley-Davidson eau de...
Arielle Gorin
- Jun 5, 2018
- 4 min
The Demise of Toys “R” Us—Is Amazon Really to Blame?
Many commentaries about the demise of Toys “R” Us zero in on one culprit: Amazon. But is the rise of online retail really to blame for...
Andrea DaRif
- May 16, 2018
- 3 min
Hidden in Plain Sight
The golden glow and Hollywood hoopla of this year’s Academy Awards already feel so “yesterday.” After all, show business is all about...