Challenge & Selection

Storytelling is a great tool which I using till now unconsciously. I didn’t know I was using it in my daily  life before learning about it in this course. I spend a lot of time “opening people up” and finding  ways to inspire them to improve their circumstances. My friend approach me when they are in  difficult situation or in confusion. Often, they're lonely and are so happy to share stories of their lives  with me to connect and they find meaning in sharing these experiences as a form of teaching and/or  legacy, in a sense. Stories are not just imagination they are real experiences of some people. I  believe everyone has one story to share… their own.

Application

I have a story about using storytelling. When we were working for group project everyone was  finding it difficult and failing continuously. Because they were working on their part in their terms  without checking or discussing. So, I narrated them a story of the elephant scientist. 5 blind men  were taken to elephant and asked to recognize the animal. They never come across an elephant  before and they started to conceptualize what the elephant is like by touching it. Each on feels  different part of body, but only one part. and their description of elephant was different. The moral  of the story is that humans have a tendency to claim on their limited experience as they ignore other  people limited experience. Everyone was doing their work as per their interest and knowledge. We  need to work together and discuss to know what is the problem.

Insight & Approach

They understood that we need to look into big picture to solve the problem , rather than solving the  chunks of problem individually in their terms .and everyone started to give their opinion and peoject  was successful.

