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Swedish Storytelling is the answer to the following question:
Original Post by Ed Cotton:
"2. What do you believe a controlled and inspired crowd of thinkers can bring to the table that an individual can't?
More heads are better than one, under the right conditions. But instead of listening to me pontificated, try this:
1. Pair up with someone
2. One of you is the storyteller and the other does nothing
3. The storyteller comes up with a made up title of a story that has never been told before
4. They tell the story
Now try this:
1. Pair up with someone
2. One of you is the storyteller, and the other is the word giver
3. Have the word giver give the storyteller a made up title of a story to tell
4. The storyteller begins telling the story. During the story, the word giver will call out random words that have nothing to do with what the storyteller is talking about. For instance, if the story is about a trip to the beach, the word giver avoids helpful worlds like "sand", "waves", "surfboards", etc..Instead you give completely disassociated words like "pudding", "dinosaur", and "Sean Connery"
5. The storyteller has to instantly incorporate the random words into the story. The word giver must wait until the word just given is incorporated into the story before calling out a new one
6. After a while, the storyteller finds an ending to his/her story and then the players switch roles.
This is called Swedish Story Telling (for no apparent or obvious reason that I can see).
Which story is more memorable? Which was easier to tell? A Swedish Story forces new connections. It slams agendas and expectations together and allows the unexpected to emerge. It's created by more than one person. It's co-created (yes, that word again) and it's a hell of a lot more fun to tell."
Read the full interview on influxinsights.com
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