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What’s the most persuasive way to convey a message? Many writers say, “Tell a story!” Nothing hooks like narrative. I’ve said so myself. But research shows stories have a rival for hooking power: ...

When I’m writing a metaphor, I always want to compare the natural world to something manmade, and vice versa. Diamonds on ...

In The Writing Life, Annie Dillard commented on her experience of writing from a variety of angles, sometimes crystal clear, sometimes opaque. She’s a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and poet who ...

“Education is not the filling of a pail,” reads the sign above my colleague’s desk, “but the lighting of a fire.” These lines — often attributed to the poet W.B. Yeats — happen to articulate my own ...

How can exploring and analysing music and metaphors help us to better understand management, work organisations, working lives, and ultimately ourselves too? As you set out on your journey through ...