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Opening Up: Creative Storying at Work

Andrew Rixon

Sometimes we become so focused on getting results that we forget why we are working, or who we are. Problems become dangerous thickets with no clear way through, and we spend too much time staring at the thorns.

Storying reveals new patterns and ways of interacting, and fairy stories in particular draw on deeply understood, multifaceted symbols that can be used to simplify and illuminate seemingly insurmountable problems.

This book shows how we can use our storytelling skills to rethink problems, putting them in a mythical setting that allows us to distance ourselves and use the space to open up and find innovative solutions and simple answers. ‘Happily ever after’ is just the beginning.
  

This is what Paul Z Jackson, Inspirational coach and co-author of "The Solutions Focus, Making Coaching and Change Simple" said about the book:
  

“This little book is a big and timely reminder of the usefulness of stories in a complex world. Andrew Rixon’s wise commentary along with the stories themselves help us remember the importance of relationship as well as task. Some of the stories are fables, others personal.  All are pointy and have the tasty tang of paradox. We are offered a gentle nudge, reminding us to slow down, to look back, to reflect.  We realise that where there is complexity there is more than one answer."

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