Mindsets & Growth
It’s not their fault
Most feedback feels useless. But that's not on them - it's on us to extract what they really mean.
storytelling
Future Of Work
The new company department? Storytelling
Notion merged their internal comms, external comms, social, and influencer teams into one. They're calling it the Storytelling
Creative Business
The $2.5M Decision That Changed Everything
A screenwriter turned down Harrison Ford and Tom Cruise for unknown actors. He had no way of knowing if he was right. But he trusted his vision anyway.
Learning Innovation
What Hot Ones, Masterclass, and Liquid Death have in common
They all won by breaking the rules of format. The best formats feel obvious after the fact, but they're hard to get right.
NYC
Monday night storytelling
You know that event you kept meaning to go to, then realise it’s 4 years later and you’ve
Learning Innovation
6 ways to reimagine a conference panel session
A few weeks ago I spoke at a conference on how emerging tech - especially AI - will impact live
Culture & Insights
Hollywood Hits Madison Avenue: When Ovitz & the Polar Bears Stole Coca-Cola
October, 1991. Hollywood's kingmaker, Michael Ovitz, craved a new conquest: brands. But not just any brand. He eyed
Now
Now - Oct 26, 2023
What I’m working on right now
1. Building Wavetable - a creative studio and media company blending education and
Creative Business
The Monopoly on Narrative
This quote by Bryce Roberts on entrepreneurship and narratives stopped me in my tracks:
“In the same regards that VCs
Future Of Work
Baby got Bach
Our baby’s not sleeping much at the moment. The only thing that seems to help is
classical music: Brahm’
storytelling
How to design and develop a conference presentation - and why it pays to think like a DJ
A complete step-by-step breakdown of how I built (and booked) a session at a globally-renowned conference - and why it pays to think like a DJ
Storytelling
Live at CMX Summit 2021
Here's the recording of the workshop I ran on storytelling at CMX Summit
[https://cmxhub.com/summit/] a
How-To Guides
How I do Morning Pages
The theme of my most recent newsletter was New Wine, Old Oak
[https://howardgray.substack.com/p/adventures-49-new-wine-old-oak];
encouraging readers
Learning Innovation
How to design a workshop slide deck
We’ve probably all sat through classes, lectures, workshops, and courses where
we’ve encountered Death by Powerpoint.
Cluttered slides.
Stage Left
The Secret
Tony Gilroy is one of the world’s most revered screenwriters.
He’s written movies as successful, and as diverse,
The Tension
The Vessel & The Lens
Last week I had lunch with a friend who, like me, is a recent graduate of a
coaching certification program.
How-To Guides
Question time: Getting booked to speak at conferences
A question (and often frustration) I hear pretty regularly is how to get booked
at conferences as a speaker.
There
Entrepreneurial Endeavours
What do they remember you by?
Positioning, Storytelling and Epitaphs for building a network and career
One of the inevitable obligations for celebrities launching a new