It’s Roald Dahl Day today 13/9/2018. A day to celebrate one of the best story tellers and writers of modern times with around 250 million books sold worldwide.
Stories
Stories tell a tale, something we can envisage and understand. They usually have a beginning introducing us to the situation, the main body describing the tale and an ending. (Whether a cliff hanger or tidy conclusion)
In business we often describe a process as a story. Sometimes formally (BPMN), or sometimes as a descriptive user story. This tells how the item, customer, (character or actor) interacts with their surroundings.
Often, as in the case with Dahl, the stories are further enhanced by pictures (often Blake) which bring the situation to life. Diagrams can be used to model your user stories and processes to encapsulate the current focus in that chapter of the system.
Read and Enjoy
Whether you’re dreaming of revenge as George sought, cunfuddled as a Twit. If you are wishing you could jump into a chocolate stream with Charlie, or being spooked by the macabre story of ‘skin’, remember stories are good for all. Children, adults (including business managers and engineers) all benefit from a story, whether for relaxation, or to help explain the complex. Go find a copy of a Roald Dahl and keep reading.
