Annette Simmons

The story is the DNA of all meaning –nothing is essential without the story you tell yourself about it.

The story continuously improves communication. 
I think that is why my book The Story Factor was listed as One of the 100 Best Business Books Ever Written. 

My book Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins is a DIY workbook and is used as a textbook in several communications courses.

Before focusing on stories, I wrote about micro-behaviors people use to keep others out. (I still had a chip on my shoulder about high school, I guess) My first book, Territorial Games: Understanding and Ending Turf Wars, discusses a powerful model/tool to prompt self-examination without raising defenses.

I like inventing tools. I looked at stuck groups, or as we phrase it in the south: "on their last nerve." No one wanted to break the silence, or no one would shut up. As a result, I developed a process to prompt individuals to self-regulate so everyone can have a say and the group can move on.