Author / Moya Sayer-Jones
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Busy People Need Interrupting
‘An hour with the Chairman? You’re dreaming….’ Take it from me. Busy people need to be interrupted more often. Back in 2010, I was trying to get time with the late…
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Have You Ever Asked this Question?
Some years back, I was meeting with the exec team and board members of a disability organisation. There were about 12 of us. I’d been gathering stories from the founders and staff for…
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How To Share Personal Stories at Work
Firecrackers for the Brain: A list of things that fuelled our creativity and inspired us. 🧨 Uncomfortable about sharing personal stories at work? This month, I watched one of my LinkedIn…
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It’s Time to Let your Millennials Roam Free
Last Friday, I was watching 25 year old Lisabel, packing up her desk ready to take off, on a three month adventure, to the other side of the world. After 2 years…
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Inclusion Starts with a Toasted Sandwich
January 1999. Five people walk into a bar. Well, actually it wasn’t a bar…. It was a Sydney beach cafe called Stella Blu… but it’s still a great start to this…
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Creating a future story
I was 41 weeks pregnant when I nabbed my first job writing for television. I remember waddling into the Executive Producer’s office and seeing him quickly look from me to the spindly…
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A Shout Out to the Work Husbands & Wives
Does it sound weird to say how much I miss my work husband? I don’t want to sound ungrateful … or even disloyal… to my everlasting, 24 hour kitchen sink partner, Ross.…
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A simple team engagement indicator
‘Moya, you’ve absolutely got to get a life!’ That’s what I guess you could be thinking when I admit that I spend a lot of time thinking about what actually constitutes ‘engagement’ at…
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Coaching with Story: Find the Forward Metaphor
When someone is stuck, finding a forward metaphor and coaching with story can often be both liberating and revelatory. Here’s an example that involves a beautiful town and an even more beautiful…
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No story without a listener
It was a small training session. The group was learning a new process to record the stories of their programs for practice evaluation. One woman looked flustered, anxious. ‘Every morning I wake…
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Best story ideas from around the world
Monday fireworks for the brain. Straight from my brain to yours. This is a deliriously fab selection of the best creative story ideas and advice from around the globe. Apologies that I…
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Old Story to New Story: See the change
There were about 15 women, all ages and backgrounds, heads down in a St Vincent de Paul Thrift shop. I was doing my usual scan through the racks looking for a 60’s…
