Chapter 12. A DIFFERENT KIND OF LEADER: Using Narrative to Become an Interactive Leader
To be understood is to be open to understanding.
—Vicki Hearne[]
In this book, I have been exploring the pathways that words take toward meaning, how the use of those words and meanings in the course of performing narratives lead to actions, and how a family of narrative patterns are effective for different aspects of leadership. The use of narrative opens up leadership capabilities that are not available to someone operating solely in the traditional management mode of command, control, regulation, and optimization.
Implicit in all this is a different idea of what it means to be a leader. It's an interactive mode of leadership that swims in the richness and ...
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