The network is more powerful than a best practice by Shawn D Callahan published on 2013-12-09T07:00:58Z An example telling a story to make a business point. In this case the story of when the Federal Aviation Agency landed 5000 planes on the day of 911 and the lesson they drew from it. You can find the Story Finder at http://www.anecdote.com/storyfinder/ The story told here is written here http://www.anecdote.com/2006/07/relationships-create-resilience/ Genre storytelling Comment by ConnectedStrat Shawn, who doesn't love to hear the untold stories behind familiar events? This is a great one and it particularly resonates with me because I'm a huge advocate for networking. For most people, everything you could ever possibly need is already contained in your network - you just have to be adept at asking for it and getting to the right person who might be one or two steps removed from you. This story is a powerful one in part because it's so vivid - you can just imagine the urgent calls that were made in a somehow controeled chaos environment - the way a healthy organization pulls together in a time of crisis and everyone is of a single mind to get the job done. 2014-08-29T16:58:05Z Comment by CAKogler Thanks, Shawn; a great story that I had not heard before. Again and again, it comes back to the relationships we establish and how we can help each other – both in good times and in times of emergency. On a different note, I continue to marvel at your relaxed style of storytelling and how it holds one’s attention so well. This is definitely something I need to work on. 2014-08-28T18:41:18Z Comment by Ronald van Domburg this is an excellent story. It reminds me of a presentation I have given to a management team, who wanted to capture all knowledge in procedures and systems. If I had known this story at that time.... 2014-08-27T18:47:56Z
