Small Stories, Big Impact
The stories already happening in your life are more powerful than you think.
Most leaders believe a good story requires something extraordinary — a crisis survived, a mountain climbed, a turning point that changed everything.
They're wrong. The stories that actually move people are smaller than that. A conversation in a parking lot. A decision nobody remembers making. A moment so ordinary you almost didn't notice it.
Bobby Hulme-Lippert’s book, Small Stories About Big Things, is built on the conviction that the most overlooked moments in an ordinary life are often the most instructive. This session brings that conviction into the room.
In this session, participants will:
Find the stories they're already living — and understand why the small, specific, almost-overlooked moments are the ones that actually land with other people.
Learn what's happening in the brain when a story works — why a well-told two-minute story does what a dozen slides of data cannot: it gets people to feel the thing you need them to feel, and then act on it.
Practice a simple, repeatable framework for crafting stories they can use in meetings, presentations, and the conversations that actually shape culture — starting the next morning.
This is a highly interactive session. Participants don't just hear about storytelling — they write and tell stories in the room, get real-time feedback, and leave with a story they've already built and tested.
What participants walk away with:
A story they've already drafted and practiced — ready to use. A framework for finding new ones. And the experience of what it feels like when a room of people actually listens.