The Art of Storytelling in Government Communication: How Personal Relevance Makes a Difference In the tumultuous world of today, more and more hinges on governments doing a good job in governing. As with all things, this starts with the story they convey. Yet, a lot of general welfare messaging is still not up to par, even in a world that has been perfecting its branding and marketing messages. Today, we use a simple example to demonstrate how best to communicate to the publ

Apparently, America is now a kingdom. How did it get here? I offer Americans an outsider view  from those who’ve lived under kings. The honest kind that might hurt. And it’s all about the story you tell yourself. You know he'd make a good president... How did we get here? Even now that the dust has settled, to those who have actually read it , The Supreme Court immunity decision is still beyond shocking . Or is it? Many people across the world have recognized for some time no

Society is a contract. The contract states that we live and let live, through equality and freedom, whatever your view of life. This contract has been broken left, right, up, down, front, rear and center in the past decade, because we have forgotten that freedom is not just something you have, but also something you extent to others . Freedom doesn't work if we take it, without giving it. So, with the recent developments in mind, let’s break down the current story of society

Even after GDPR, governments, businesses, consumer and civilian rights organizations are still failing at online privacy, and the mood around AI pioneers seems to be to shoot first and pay for the consequences later, no one seems to know what to do to protect us all against the theft and use of our data... whether it be by criminals, governments or tech-companies. Yet in this emotional discussion we are missing a strikingly obvious solution - not to mention a golden opportuni

The world after lock-down. Where people turn out to be such fascinating creatures. Some spread conspiracies, while others believe love or meditation can actually stop viruses. And between all the heart ache of patients and economies, dolphins returning to their (not our...) coasts and some brilliant gallows humor from our comedians, we all rushed to get toilet paper. This begs the question; what will really change? Trust and Truth in Storytelling The theory goes that it takes