- Elana Duffy There is a point in our business lives where we can all set aside our pre-supposed differences and get along. Reaching that...

- Frank Luby Two of the most frightening business headlines over the last three weeks both involved the state of California and a couple...

- Paul Mooney Creative writing is not something reserved only for those dreaming of selling their first literary masterpiece to the world...

- Stacey Ebert Companies have many similarities to schools, only now we are all grown up. Jobs replace assignments, bosses replace...

The response was perfect. Your cubicle buddy is going to laugh at your slightly snarky but still informed response to his recent push of...

- Paul Mooney Let me begin by directing you to the earlier post from Present Tense partner Elana Duffy highlighting the good business...

We’ve published our first “self-help” ebook on storytelling skills Present Tense LLC is launching a series of ebooks aimed at executives,...

- Stacey Ebert Professional development can be a trial. No one wants to sit through monotone presentations or worse, click-through online...

Paul Mooney As someone who spent four years as an officer in the Marines, I'm no stranger to large, complex operations. Weeks, months...

Elana Duffy Veteran’s Day, Armistice Day, whatever you call it in your country, the idea is the same in many countries that took part in...

Paul Mooney A screenplay probably looks like a strange piece of work from the perspective of someone unfamiliar with how scripts are...

- Elana Duffy My favorite book is Catch-22 by Joseph Heller. Between the sardonic humor, sarcasm, and - however ridiculous the book may...

- Frank Luby One week after an EF4 tornado destroyed Marysville, Indiana in March 2012, I performed clean-up work as part of a United Way...

- Elana Duffy Understanding what makes a band sync well together on stage has nothing to do with the style of music, in the same way that...

- Paul Mooney When was the last time you saw a television commercial that really made you laugh or, even less likely, positively affected...

- Frank Luby The call came as midnight approached, along with my deadline. I was in the office of the Maroon, the University of Chicago’s...

All great stories share the same components and follow the same guiding principles that allow us to communicate. This makes the story –...