In the answers are my questions
In the answers are my questions
thanks wifey!
I am long-winded. Too much of a storyteller with narratives that try to make a million points all at the same time. And that percolates into everything I do. Including here.
Recently I wanted to make a business pitch for change. Or a pitch against an ongoing change with what I perceive is a better one. My initial storyline ended up being about 43 slides. With a first pass through my mentor, it evolved a little bit into a cohesive narrative. After sleeping over it for a couple of nights, the ideas started evolving. And the 2nd and the 3rd versions now ended up at 70 slides. Hmmm.
I reviewed the presentation with a close colleague of mine and he had different perspectives on how it was presented and had challenging questions. Back to the drawing board, or do I proceed?
My last slot was my wife. She and I are in similar work worlds but doing different things. We don’t agree much on several things on work-related matters. Our life is often better when we don’t talk about work.
Finally, after two days of struggling to find time to line up, we spent about half an hour on the storyline and narrative. True to her style she came up with some answers initially on how she would approach it and also ended up sending me some more structural storyboarding on how she would approach it.
And therein these answers were my questions. It was crystal clear how I should approach it. Or at least the next version. The challenge to any presentation is to be yourself. True to yourself. I am not a stickler for presentations that follow a fixed approach, templatized, and corporatized stereotypes meeting some predefined style expectations.
I am back to the drawing board now for the next rewrite of my storyline. It should evolve significantly now. But is the next one the one? Or will I be back at it again in a doom loop in the search for the perfect narrative?
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