How Stories Happen

What does the psychology of family systems have to do with being a good storyteller? Well,... more

How do you make a story truly come alive? You pace things down and focus on the small deta... more

A special bonus story and a crucial question to guide your 2025. This episode was handcraf... more

When we communicate with business results in mind, whether we work in-house on a team or w... more

Welcome to one of the more inspiring episodes of the show! Entrepreneur and growth marketi... more

This is a special episode of the show. I’ve partnered with Intuit Mailchimp as part of a l... more

As another year comes to an end, we often reflect backwards, because hindsight is 20/20. B... more

Signature stories aren’t just stories you tell a lot. They’re stories you’d sign your name... more

"You have a real gift," we say to our storytelling heroes. But do they? Storytelling is a ... more

It's time for a new edition of "Is This Anything?", the miniseries where friends and clien... more

Today, it's a total treat as the one and only Seth Godin takes us into how he thinks about... more

This week, we’re joined by our first-ever recurring guest. The brilliant Ann Handley (WSJ ... more

Why is candor essential for a good story? How brutally honest should you actually be in sh... more

What is a super-story? And how can you flex yours to fit different audiences, mediums, or ... more

Go inside the development of a brand new TED Talk, as Jay offers notes to friend Simone St... more

Telling stories about your life feels fraught. How do you weave together a story that is d... more

What should you include or omit to ensure your stories carry your message, resonate with o... more

Storytellers often face a paradox: to connect deeper externally, you have to turn deeper i... more

How do we compress our lifetime into their runtime? When we’re asked to explain our backgr... more

While everyone scrambles to learn the new trends and act like a futurist, it’s the folks w... more

How do we craft a metaphor that works? More importantly, perhaps, how do we ensure the met... more

The hardest question to answer when we show up publicly might be the simplest question we ... more

When so many people are excited to create a higher volume of content, shouldn’t we think m... more

Our guest for this episode is rarely online. But when she is, she’s telling small stories ... more

I know a ton of storytellers and creators and entrepreneurs, but I know exactly zero other... more

Welcome to How Stories Happen, a show for business storytellers focused on standing out ea... more