Reflection - Storytelling

First of all, sorry for my English level.

Challenge and selection

When I was a child I used to watch a TV program “Brothers Grimm tales”, that was the best  way for me to travel, to transport my mind to other countries, other cultures, that was a  way to live new experiences and learn.

Nowadays I work as a consultant in productivity, responsible for guiding companies in how  to produce more and better. My job is training people in different levels, machine  operators, supervisors, managers, etc. During this process I have asked myself what do  people have in common in their learning process? And what is the best way to teach and  learn. After years of experiences I identified that the best way to connect with these people  is telling a story, transporting these people to events that have happened to you or to  anyone in other factories, in other process. Even I invent a story to explain a new concept,  they act as characters of this story and the way that they learn the concepts is easier and  funny.

Application

One of the tools that I use in my courses is “Job instruction” this is a method to instruct an  operator how to perform a job correctly, safely and conscientiously. I use storytelling to  teach this method, I have invented a story about a rescue boat, people who are being  trained are part of this rescue boat, they must learn different activities, the first one is that  they must learn how to tie a rescue knot, I explain them that this is a very important activity  because this is used to rescue people in the ocean, so it must be done very well. I give them  the rope, glasses and everything what they need for this activity. After following the  method, try some times, make mistakes, and have fun, they learn the process to train  people correctly, safely and conscientiously.

Insight & Approach

Applying this tool I have learned that the best way to train is creating empathy with the  people, most of all identify with experiences that others have lived, when you tell a story,  people feel identified, connect with you, even enjoy the story and open their minds. As  leader this is an excellent tool to engage attention, inspire action and be a more persuasive.  People move by emotions.

In companies training process, storytelling can be used to organize information that can  provide structured learning.


Reflection - Storytelling First of all , sorry for my English level . Challenge and selection When I was a child I used to watch a TV program “ Brothers Grimm tales ” , that was the best way for me to travel , to transport my mind to other countries , other cultures , that was a way to live new experiences and learn . Nowadays I work as a consultant in productivity , responsible for guiding companies in how to produce more and better . My job is training people in different levels , machine operators , supervisors , managers , etc . During this process I have asked myself what do people have in common in their learning process ? And what is the best way to teach and learn . After years of experiences I identified that the best way to connect with these people is telling a story , transporting these people to events that have happened to you or to anyone in other factories , in other process . Even I invent a story to explain a new concept , they act as characters of this story and the way that they learn the concepts is easier and funny . Application One of the tools that I use in my courses is “ Job instruction ” this is a method to instruct an operator how to perform a job correctly , safely and conscientiously . I use storytelling to teach this method , I have invented a story about a rescue boat , people who are being trained are part of this rescue boat , they must learn different activities , the first one is that they must learn how to tie a rescue knot , I explain them that this is a very important activity because this is used to rescue people in the ocean , so it must be done very well . I give them the rope , glasses and everything what they need for this activity . After following the method , try some times , make mistakes , and have fun , they learn the process to train people correctly , safely and conscientiously . Insight & Approach Applying this tool I have learned that the best way to train is creating empathy with the people , most of all identify with experiences that others have lived , when you tell a story , people feel identified , connect with you , even enjoy the story and open their minds . As leader this is an excellent tool to engage attention , inspire action and be a more persuasive . People move by emotions . In companies training process , storytelling can be used to organize information that can provide structured learning .