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A Story In Six Words

7th Feb 2008 @ 12.54pm

Ernest Hemingway once claimed that his best story was written in six words: ‘For Sale: Baby shoes, never worn.’ Perhaps this takes clarity and simplicity to the extreme, but what a way to spark the imagination! The Guardian challenged some contemporary authors to put forward their own six-word stories, which are worth a read.

Our own work focuses on making an organisation’s strategic story clear, simple and memorable. Imagine writing a strategic story in six words - anyone up for having a go?!!!  I’d love to see what’s out there!

posted by Alison Esse
filed under Stories, Organisations

Comments

  1. Margaret Chandler (5 months ago)

    Hope in darkness: the local church

  2. David Zinger (3 months ago)

    Alison

    It is a small world. I am glad you pointed me to your post and the blog site. I will add it to my blogroll on my employee engagement site: www.davidzinger.com

    I want to write a 6 word stategic story for the Employee Engagement Network. The beauty of 6 words is it is easy to move from want to do…

    I came, I stayed, We worked.

    David

  3. Matthew (2 months ago)

    I was at a conference a few years ago where a director of Powergen was asked what their corporate strategy was and his very brief reply can be summarized as:

    More customers, sell them more things.

  4. Mike H (2 months ago)

    On public speaking:

    Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

    –Franklin D. Roosevelt

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