Michael Bungay Stanier
I help people be a force for change.
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Free range isn’t always better
Breaking bread with my friends, Jim and Christian. In a few days, I’ll be welcoming people here in Toronto for Stay Curious LIVE. When we started designing this two-day event, we didn’t start with the content. We asked ourselves this: What experience are we trying to build, and…
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I set my jacket on fire
I keep these questions literally in my back pocket. It happens to the best of us … you’re at a party, drink in hand, and someone asks, “So, what do you do?” You answer. And then you ask them the same thing back. And so begins the dreadful journey of small talk … then it’s […]…
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No one wants more
Poolside facilitator sessions are the best kind of sessions. Within five minutes of arriving at most conferences, I’ve decided coming was a terrible mistake. I’ve been to a lot of them. I’ve hosted a few, taught at many, and sat in the seats of quite a few more. And the arrival…
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Digging up the tracks
Some things need to be dug up before they can be rebuilt. There’s a saying in Toronto that there are two seasons: winter and construction. It’s mildly amusing until you live it. The moment things aren’t snowed under and frozen solid, everyone’s busy digging up roads, patching…
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I got called out
Singing at the Choir! Choir! Choir! Dolly Parton tribute with an OG. I recently wrote about a soft-hard-soft model of conversation and feedback, one that I’ve found helpful. Karen Wright, a good friend and extremely experienced coach (she’s pretty much the OG here in Canada)…
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Shape the room
That look on my face isn’t accidental. When someone is speaking, I have one job to do. It isn’t to listen (though I do that too). I look at the person and think to myself: my friend is amazing. This is the third and last story from last month’s walk in Australia — the one […]…
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How did we miss a sign this obvious?
AH! Here it is … fourteen of us realized it a little too late. You’d think a bright yellow sign the size of a door would be hard to miss. But fourteen of us somehow managed it. This is the same walk I told you about last week … the one along the Birrarung, where […] The post How…
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The bridge is always out
None of us expected what was around that corner. Two hours into the walk, a workman stepped into our path and said, “Sorry, the bridge is out.” I was back in Australia in early August, leading a walk along the river that runs through Melbourne — the Birrarung, which the…
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She made the world better
We lost not just a great performer but an exceptional human. I don’t normally make my emails about current, surfing-the-news-of-the-moment type things. But I’m making an exception, because I was extremely sad to hear that Dolly Parton had died. She was brilliant, and I’m not…
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Move like a kangaroo
Conspiring with a mob of kangaroos. You might not be surprised to learn that kangaroo sightings in Australia are about as common as raccoon sightings in Toronto. (And if you’ve spent any time in Toronto, you’ll know that’s very common indeed. Which means if you’re joining us for…
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What is worth the weight?
I used to think every time and place was right for a cheeseboard. This is somewhat embarrassing to admit, but years ago I got hooked on a reality show. It wasn’t The Amazing Race, but it was something like it that involved a proper endurance event: running, kayaking down rivers,…
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Drowning doesn’t look like drowning
I never shy away from an Aussie sunrise (the water is another matter). It’s summer here in the northern hemisphere, which means a lot of us are near the water. And I’m currently in Australia, which means I’m always near water. So before anything else, some genuinely useful…