Is data without stories really an option?

We can only hope that serious stories have an underpinning of good data

My rant two weeks ago about storytelling having “gone off the rails” brought a comment on Linkedin. The comment began, “I have mixed feelings [about] ‘storytelling’ …” So do I.

The comment went on, “[It] can quickly morph into ‘make it tell this story!’ It shouldn’t, but it can easily go that way. Noise is often the story….” Yes, it is. I too have mixed …