Story Business: Why Stories Rule the World and How They Can Reinvent Your Business

Gavin McMahon

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Story Business: Why Stories Rule the World and How They Can Reinvent Your Business

Story Business: Why Stories Rule the World and How They Can Reinvent Your Business

Gavin McMahon

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Stories move people-and people move business.

In Story Business, Gavin McMahon takes you on a journey from ancient cave paintings to billion-dollar tech unicorns, revealing how storytelling is a powerful-and undervalued-tool for driving business success. Drawing on vivid examples of the rise and fall of real-world companies, McMahon exposes a timeless truth: It's not the best ideas that win, but the best-packaged ideas.

From shaping strategy and launching products to leading teams and building culture, McMahon shows that storytelling isn't just a marketing tool or a way to dress up facts-it's a force that transforms ideas into catalysts people can see, feel, and rally behind.

In this book, you'll explore six essential genres of business storytelling-value, product, brand, sales, leadership, and culture-each with practical tools to help you connect, persuade, and inspire. You'll learn how to shape a compelling hook, turn numbers into narratives, and rally teams around a shared vision.

If you've ever tried to spark change or rally a team-only to be met with blank stares-this book is for you. It's about breaking through using the same skill humans have relied on for tens of thousands of years: telling a better story.

With his signature straight talk, Gavin McMahon cuts through corporate jargon to reveal the fundamental truths of storytelling. Page by page, Story Business will teach you how to captivate, persuade, and lead-all by telling stories that stick.

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"Informing... inspiring... an absolute delight to read."

-Ken Blanchard, The One Minute Manager

"Story Business is both blueprint and battle cry for leaders ready to wield humanity's oldest and most powerful technology."

-Jimmy Soni, bestselling author of The Founders

Critical Reviews

"Never underestimate the power of storytelling! If you're in business-and who isn't?-a compelling story can turbocharge your results. Gavin McMahon shows you the power of storytelling in a book that is not only informative and inspiring but also an absolute delight to read! Don't miss it."

-Ken Blanchard, New York Times bestselling coauthor of The One Minute Manager and The Simple Truths of Leadership

"With the precision of an engineer and the soul of a poet, McMahon shows that while spreadsheets may capture what happened, stories determine what happens next. Story Business is both blueprint and battle cry for leaders ready to wield humanity's oldest and most powerful technology."

-Jimmy Soni, bestselling author of The Founders

"In a world where ideas compete for attention and outrage passes for dialogue, Story Business helps leaders connect through clarity and trust. This book is a vital skillset for meaningful work."

-Jerry Colonna, author of Reunion, CEO of Reboot.io

"McMahon braids history, science, and practical experience to offer actionable tools and essential context. Story Business is an immensely readable, jargon-free guide to communicating ideas more effectively-because ideas can change everything."

-Elise Hu, TED Talks Daily host, award-winning author of Flawless

"By using McMahon's framework, I've become a more effective presenter-someone whose message not only resonates in the moment but nests in the minds of others. That's how transformation happens."

-Bryce Hoffman, bestselling author of American Icon

"One minute you're reading. The next, you're acting. This book will end up on the desks of leaders everywhere-for good reason. It's the best way to get your boss to understand the why and how of stories."

-Michael Erard, author of Bye Bye I Love You

Publishing Information

Publisher: Otterpine
Pub date: 2025-09-30
Length: 354 pages

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