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The Business of Story helps sales and marketing leaders excel through the stories they tell. Hosted by Park Howell, known as The World's Most Industrious Storyteller, this popular weekly show is ranked among the top 10% of downloaded podcasts internationally and is the #1 Business Storytelling Podcast according to Feedspot. #StoryOn!

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Why Survival is the Best Marketing Teacher, With Lynn Harper

Most marketing education happens in classrooms. Lynn Harper's happened in a Hollywood recording studio with Charles Manson, a focus group where nobody remembered her brand, and a satellit... more

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Two minutes. 272 words. One speech that has endured 160 years. Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address wasn't great because of beautiful language. It endured because of flawless narrative structure — the And, But, Therefore (ABT) framework.

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Most organizations let product, sales, and marketing each tell their own version of the brand story. In the AI era, that fragmentation doesn't stay quiet — it gets amplified at machine speed before anyone in leadership notices the drift.

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Tara Shuler Reveals How Speaking in Questions Slays the Invisible Monster Killing Your Sales Most salespeople believe objections are the problem. Sales trainer and convo control expert Tara Shuler says they are wrong. In this episode of the Business ... more

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Randy Olson
Harvard-trained evolutionary biologist, USC filmmaker and creator of the ABT framework
Episode: #591: How The ABT Narrative Framework That Makes Your Message Endure, With Dr. Randy Olson
Jason Stolarczyk
Communications leader with more than 20 years of experience at enterprise technology companies
Palo Alto Networks
Episode: #590: Shift Left: Jason Stolarczyk on Governing Your Brand Story Before AI Amplifies the Chaos
Tara Shuler
High-ticket closer, corporate sales trainer, author
Convo Control / StoryCycle Genie
Episode: #589. Tara Shuler Reveals How Speaking in Questions Slays the Invisible Monster Killing Your Sales
Sean Schroeder
Co-creator of StoryCycle Genie; founder of a software development/ branding focus
Episode: #588. Sean Schroeder: The False Summit Every Brand Builder Climbs
Parker Howell
Founder of Howell XR; filmmaker, AI optimist, and immersive media creator
Howell XR
Episode: #587. Parker Howell: How to Use AI as Your Slop-Free Creative Amplifier
Magda Adamska
Founder of BrandStruck, brand strategist who builds brand strategy case study resources
BrandStruck
Episode: #586. Magda Adamska: Four Strategic Traps That Destroy Even Iconic Brands
Attia Qureshi
Negotiation and influence expert, former MIT faculty member, adjunct professor at the University of Michigan, founder of Attia Qureshi Consulting
Attia Qureshi Consulting
Episode: #585. Attia Qureshi: How to Negotiate Sales and Marketing Into Telling One Story
Matt Beezley
Senior Strategist at Red Fan Communications
Red Fan Communications
Episode: #584. Matt Beezley: AI Is Either Ignoring Your Brand or Reinventing it. Here's The Fix
Lindsey Busfield
President and co-founder of Optimize My Firm; host of Personal Injury Marketing Minute; author
Optimize My Firm
Episode: #583. Lindsey Busfield: Own Your Niche. Govern Your Story. Win Your Market.

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Park Howell
Business storytelling strategist and creator of the StoryCycle system

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4.9 out of 5 stars from 219 ratings
  • Story skills that actually sell

    Park's Oct 12 episode with Tara Shuler on speaking in questions, and why objections are really a symptom of poor discovery, was a fresh take on sales conversations. A must listen for leaders who want their story to move people to act.

    Podchaser
    5
    Sabrina Runbeck
    24 days ago
  • Find your scene

    “Don’t look for your story. Look for your scene, and your story will find you.” Park’s episode with Ryan Kohn was a potent demonstration of exactly this. Such a treat!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Media_HW
    South Africa4 months ago
  • Top podcast in brand storytelling

    Park gives lots of value for his audience but also his guests in every episode. Check it out!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    efficado
    Belgiuma year ago
  • Why I Keep Coming Back to This Show

    Business of Story is one of the few shows that actually teaches storytelling in a way that clicks. Park Howell makes it feel simple, but powerful. Every episode gives you something real you can use. I keep coming back to it.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Kasper_MC
    United Kingdoma year ago
  • A Gem of a Show

    Hands down my favorite new podcast find! Will be binging this all weekend!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Robbin Marx
    United States2 years ago

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#591: How The ABT Narrative Framework That Makes Your Message Endure, With Dr. Randy Olson
Q: What after producing this five-minute video, as we've all experienced whenever we're doing something like that, we even learn more about the subject that we're talking about and even ourselves as storytellers. What in the producing of that piece did you learn from or grow from?
Olson says the process sharpened his understanding of why the Gettysburg Address endures: its structure puts the central idea in the right place, and its brevity makes it easier to repeat and remember.
#591: How The ABT Narrative Framework That Makes Your Message Endure, With Dr. Randy Olson
Q: How did you first find it?
Olson says he encountered the Rule of Replacing in a Comedy Central documentary about the creators of South Park, then developed the idea into the ABT framework.
#590: Shift Left: Jason Stolarczyk on Governing Your Brand Story Before AI Amplifies the Chaos
Q: What are one, two, or three things people could do right now to help get their arms around their story and to help stop that narrative entropy?
He recommends auditing current storytelling, checking alignment among sales, product and marketing, and clarifying who governs interpretation and how the organization measures and feeds insights back into its system.
#590: Shift Left: Jason Stolarczyk on Governing Your Brand Story Before AI Amplifies the Chaos
Q: Give us an example of this idea of shifting left, and maybe it's a company you were in or consulting with.
Stolarczyk describes reframing ServiceNow's storytelling from talking at audiences about the company to discussing broader topics connected to the future of work, helping establish the brand as relevant to that conversation.
#589. Tara Shuler Reveals How Speaking in Questions Slays the Invisible Monster Killing Your Sales
Q: What can people do to practice questioning for themselves if they're not in a training dojo?
Recognize that you're not doing it right, read the suggested book, and practice with people around you; use real-life scenarios like dinner conversations to drill questioning into everyday interactions.

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What is Business of Story about and what kind of topics does it cover?

Weekly interviews make business storytelling practical for people working in sales, marketing, communications and leadership. Park Howell speaks with brand strategists, agency leaders, sales trainers, executives, creators and other specialists about using clear, consistent stories to connect with customers and align teams. Conversations often turn frameworks into applied guidance, covering brand governance, customer discovery, persuasive communication, AI's impact on messaging, and ways to carry a narrative across an organization. A distinctive focus is treating storytelling not just as a creative or marketing skill, but as an operating discipline that can shape sales, strategy and company behavior. The mix of established methods, guest cas... more

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1. Randy Olson
2. Jason Stolarczyk
3. Tara Shuler
4. Sean Schroeder
5. Parker Howell
6. Magda Adamska
7. Attia Qureshi
8. Matt Beezley

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