The Halo and the Noose - The Power of Story Telling and Story Listening in Business Life oleh Graham Williams

The Halo and the Noose offers an innovative approach to the stories that beat in the heart of an organisation. Here are techniques and practical applications. At a deeper level the book shows a way of being in business and doing business. The book will raise your story IQ so you can hear and tell your work life in a new and vital way. The authors set out their complex and important themes with an impressive directness and clarity. They achieve this by the simple, persuasive device of practising what they preach. For the narrative moves between argument and story in a seamless way which argues a deep but unobtrusive scholarship in the literatures, cultures and traditions of many societies. The Halo and the Noose offers an innovative approach to the stories that beat in the heart of an organization. Here are techniques and practical applications. At a deeper level the book shows a way of being in business and doing business. It will raise your Story IQ, so you can hear and tell your work life in a new and vital way. The authors set out their complex and important themes with an impressive directness and clarity. They achieve this, by the simple, persuasive device of practising what they preach. For the narrative moves between argument and story in a seamless way which argues a deep but unobtrusive scholarship in the literatures, cultures and traditions of many societies. The Halo and the Noose should be seen as an exciting further step in the long process of re-connecting business life to the mainstream of human history, experience and potential.’ Ralph Windle, Founder/Director: The Creative Value Network