Writing the future
The truth in dystopian fiction comes from hard facts combined with imagination and creativity - just like good business writing. Read our top five articles on the genre. From Thomas More’s Utopia and Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels, through to Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games, via Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, and countless other tales of worlds not so far away from our own, there are many
Science fiction, science fact
An extended blog discussing communication,connectivity, and where tech is taking us next. One particular strand of subject matter has recently crash-landed into my field of vision from several different directions. At the beginning of October, I posted a short blog piece for flex storytellers, musing on how companies communicate with their staff. This included something on the importance of considering the different workplace expectations of those who have grown up with mobil
Once upon a time
On the anniversary of the death of one of the world's best known storytellers, we consider the humble fairy tale – and the power of a story well told. Friday 4 August is the anniversary of the death of Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), a prolific author, penning novels, poems, plays and travelogues. For 145 years since his death, his name remains unequivocally associated with fairy tales. There is little doubt that Andersen was a master storyteller. Initially retelling tr
