Steve Clayton is Microsoft’s Chief Storyteller and General Manager of Microsoft’s Innovation, Culture and Stories team. The team is responsible for the company’s storytelling with a focus on employees, media, customers, partners and candidates. Steve and his team have a history of innovation in storytelling to bring the company’s mission to life for these audiences.

Steve was the architect of the acclaimed “88 Acres” story that heralded a new direction for Microsoft’s corporate storytelling and led to the creation of microsoft.com/stories. His team creates a wide variety of content including keynote demos for Satya Nadella, Microsoft Life, the company intranet, social channels and wide range of storytelling that has helped transform the culture of Microsoft.

From birth, we listen to stories that entertain us, teach us, inspire us and connect us with others sharing the same story time experience. But as we grow older, something changes and the stories get left behind. Are we too busy, concentrating on adult life?

But somewhere inside that adult body is an inner child wanting to share in the joy of a good story.

So what exactly does a Chief Story teller actually do? Is there a strategy to connect with that inner child? What are the tricks of the trade in crafting corporate stories? Why does Microsoft see it as being so important that they now have an entire team dedicated to it?

I had so many questions, and luckily for me, Steve had just as many answers. In this episode, Steve shares valuable insights on the art of story telling in the modern workplace.

Extract From Interview With Microsoft Chief Story Teller, Steve Clayton.

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