47. The power of storytelling - it's liberating!

Wild Card - Whose Shoes?

People ask me about the Whose Shoes story?
🍋 How did I come to produce a board game?
🍋 What inspired it?
🍋 Has it changed much over the years?
Well, on 2 Feb, Kristin Johnstad from Minneapolis, invited me to tell my story at a Liberating Structures Q Community group, using 'Shift and Share' - hopping between breakout rooms, telling the same story to different groups.
It was fun getting the reaction and questions from an international audience.
It led to a whole month of storytelling adventures.
I thought I'd share the highlights and key learning here on the podcast.
Lemon lightbulbs 🍋💡🍋

• Adapt your story to your audience - what will THEY will take from it?
• It is a privilege to share your story. Be curious about others too
• Liberating Structures bring out creativity!
• The Whose Shoes story ... What inspired me? What does it achieve?
• Beyond the buzzwords – let’s get real
• Are you ready to LISTEN to people? As equals. #NoHierarchyJustPeople
• Value people - every step of the way. No tick boxes
• Integrated care … the holy grail
• Trust takes a LONG time to build - and an instant to destroy
• Whose Shoes does not paper over the cracks – be authentic
• Engage hearts and minds!
• Have fun. Be human
• You can't control the oucomes; you shouldn't control the outcomes
• Connect and share stories. Use networks, Fab NHS Stuff
• Find the magic people, not the 'meetings people'!
• Use storytelling tools like SWAY
• If you want to engage people, don’t just tell them a story; show them!
• SHOW and TELL!

Most relevant previous episodes
All of them - my podcast is all about sharing stories!
But specifically:
22. 'Symphony of Us' - please disturb
24. Tribute to Mum, @Gills_Mum - 100th birthday!
26. My acceptance speech for CBE, Lemon Class 2020, award
28. Janina Vigurs - Storyteller - *Embrace the Ridiculous*
36. Keep calm and carry on (personal reflections on the death of the Queen)
Other links and resources:
The Obs Pod - Magic Mates
How to meet your child's difficult behavior with compassion - Yvonne Newbold's TEDxNHS talk
Birth should be special - Florence Wilcock's TEDxNHS talk

My top tips and lemon lightbulbs, with help from Miles Sibley, Patient Experience Library!
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