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There are no such things as “Insights”

by Farrah Bostic May 9, 2011 planning

I was recently asked to put together some “insight generation” exercises for a training workshop. This is pretty standard fare for a planning director, the person who ‘owns the insights.’ Creative briefs now often feature sections that are titled something like, “What’s the key insight?” – into which, the planner dutifully fills in some text [...]

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The Muse & The Siren

by Farrah Bostic October 16, 2010 creativity

[note: slight modifications made to the initial post at the request of my clients & colleagues. Originally posted October 2010.] There’s nothing quite like having a job that people don’t quite understand.  Especially when the people who don’t understand it work in your field, in your company, or, let’s say, on your floor. I’ve been [...]

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Singing from the same hymnal

by Farrah Bostic September 5, 2010 stories

While there is no way you would ever find me quoting scripture (I’m wholly unqualified), I did grow up with some of the vernacular of the church-goer. So forgive me these post titles. Came across an interesting note in the New Yorker on the style of reporting/storytelling used in chronicling the Great Migration: that massive [...]

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How to Tell a Big Truth

by Farrah Bostic August 4, 2010 storytelling

In the spirit and style of any self-respecting talks-to-herself-looney, I thought I’d go ahead and try to answer my own question.  How do you tell a Big Truth?  A truth that requires you to stop believing a whole lot of other things in order to believe this new replacement thing… A few possible tactics spring [...]

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tell me a story

by Farrah Bostic April 21, 2010 storytelling

i love that this happened. i love that robin sloan of snarkmarket made it. using an event we are all aware of, and many are involved in, to inspire a few to create narratives about it.  creating spaces for creating.  this is what it’s all about. it doesn’t happen very often – but i am impressed. Posted [...]

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