Dr. James McCabe
Classical storyteller for corporate narratives from starting up and growing to evolution and reinvention.
Reasons to book Dr. James McCabe
- He is a unique speaker in his field and his story advisory has already transformed and defined some of today’s most visible and global industry stories.
- For more than two decades, Dr. James has coached and worked with corporate leaders in America and Europe to help them think and talk in narratives and creating the digital narratives of their choice.
- He encourages leaders and creative teams to use storytelling, or rather Storysmithing, to turn change into growth and create unforgettable experiences for any customers, audience, users and employees.
An early pioneer in the corporate story space, keynote speaker Dr. James McCabe is a classically trained author and adviser with over twenty-five years’ global experience. In a world of shrinking attention spans, James helps you craft a new narrative to sustain engagement and grow your tribe whether that means customers, employees, investors, the public or – typically – the full spectrum.
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Keynotes
Keynote by Speaker Dr. James McCabe: The Deal as Story
Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) – along with Divestitures – represent the largest single corporate events on the planet and are highly complex entities with a huge number of moving parts. Sadly, they often fail to deliver expected or hoped-for returns. In this cutting- edge keynote, Dr. James McCabe designs M&A as a classical narrative that has the potential to harness empathy, suspense and (pleasant) surprise.
Keynote by Speaker Dr. James McCabe: Financial Services: The Next Narrative
All across the financial spectrum – from fintech, payments, consumer and merchant banking to insurance and re-insurance – the technological revolution is heralding the New Era of the Customer. Built on an industrial model originally, financial services of all kinds must reinvent themselves as trust-centric tribes and communities. In this keynote exchange, Dr. McCabe crafts a new narrative for money.
Keynote by Speaker Dr. James McCabe: Automotive: The Next Narrative
It’s not enough to see automotive in an expanded field of mobility ruled by electricity and autonomous driving. Something even more momentous is happening as transport merges fully with the energy industry. Instead of surrendering to external technologists, automotive
leaders must evolve beyond data and software into a new marketplace of experience and ideas. Dr. James McCabe helps you narrate new
kinds of value and navigate the biggest changes to date in this world.
leaders must evolve beyond data and software into a new marketplace of experience and ideas. Dr. James McCabe helps you narrate new
kinds of value and navigate the biggest changes to date in this world.
Keynote by Speaker Dr. James McCabe: Commerce with the Muse – The Narrative Enterprise
In a world of equally brilliant (and often free) technologies, corporations must look beyond manufacturing and coding for new sources of differentiation and competitive leadership – like ideas. And ideas on their own are useless unless and until they can be mobilized as distinct emotions which are shareable among large human tribes. We live in an age of interruption where connected narrative has the power to captivate attention spans and turn attention into loyalty. Discover how professional storytellers of all eras and nations have leveraged empathy, suspense and surprise to grow their audiences. Move past your business model and become a tribe united by story.
Keynote by Speaker Dr. James McCabe: Data as a Story: From the Given to the Imagined
Analytics has rapidly grown from an offshoot of statistics to become the major avenue of business growth and evolution today. But beyond
data – literally “that which is given” – lies the arena of the imaginary. Your new value and your next business model do not yet exist – as
William Blake noted, “What is now proved was once only imagined.”
In this keynote, Dr. James McCabe shows you how to apply story strategy to the complex task of sharing data-driven insights for business change. Actionable insights are all very well – but until you transform the metrics into new human emotions, they will lie neglected. Transform the uptake of analytics in your organization.
data – literally “that which is given” – lies the arena of the imaginary. Your new value and your next business model do not yet exist – as
William Blake noted, “What is now proved was once only imagined.”
In this keynote, Dr. James McCabe shows you how to apply story strategy to the complex task of sharing data-driven insights for business change. Actionable insights are all very well – but until you transform the metrics into new human emotions, they will lie neglected. Transform the uptake of analytics in your organization.
Keynote by Speaker Dr. James McCabe: Storyteller by Nature
Is your business entering hypercharge mode and needing maximum teamwork? Storytelling is a skill which is integral to how all tribes function and perform, but most professionals exists outside the communication department and do not consider themselves a storyteller by nature. Change all that rapidly by instilling the core principles and techniques of all great storytellers in teams of any nature - across multiple business functions and industries from finance and engineering to products and services. Dr. McCabe extracts the key learnings from years of story consulting and narrative design, applying them to your world right now.
Understanding the difference between persuasion and involvement
Practicing the key narrative pattern from empathy to surprise
Applying narrative devices across 'non-narrative' disciplines
Learning the internal questions to ask in any operational habitat
Understanding the difference between persuasion and involvement
Practicing the key narrative pattern from empathy to surprise
Applying narrative devices across 'non-narrative' disciplines
Learning the internal questions to ask in any operational habitat
Dr. James McCabe
Published poet & author with a passion for storytelling and storysmithing
Irishman James McCabe studied literary storytelling first at University College Dublin and then at St. John’s College Oxford where he won the Millennium Prize for his doctoral degree. While working as a cross-cultural and communication coach with international brands such as Siemens, he realized modern technology had overtaken the age of rhetoric and now demanded a new era of dramatic narratives. Involvement – not persuasion – holds the key to human attention, engagement and commitment. This is a huge step change for so many in business at every level and entails supplementing expertise, logical argument and proof with empathy, suspense and surprise – in every medium and most of all in spoken interaction.
The Fable workshop in storytelling that James has designed is built on decades of insight and applicable to any corporate or organizational scenario. James transfers his skill set across the key business functions that deploy narrative – from leadership and reputation (PR) to strategy, brand and culture. In addition, James also works with business and product/service developers.
Embellishing the Irish gift of the gab with deep erudition as well as commercial smarts, his speaking engagements are designed to entertain and educate in equal measure. What is your next narrative? What story will you bring to the world this year? How will you bring your audience with you as you dramatize your core premise? The word story is Greek in origin and literally means “learning by inquiry”. James will help transform your event or program into a tellable, eventful and highly relatable experience.
The Fable workshop in storytelling that James has designed is built on decades of insight and applicable to any corporate or organizational scenario. James transfers his skill set across the key business functions that deploy narrative – from leadership and reputation (PR) to strategy, brand and culture. In addition, James also works with business and product/service developers.
Embellishing the Irish gift of the gab with deep erudition as well as commercial smarts, his speaking engagements are designed to entertain and educate in equal measure. What is your next narrative? What story will you bring to the world this year? How will you bring your audience with you as you dramatize your core premise? The word story is Greek in origin and literally means “learning by inquiry”. James will help transform your event or program into a tellable, eventful and highly relatable experience.
Blog posts by Dr. James McCabe
Unveiling the Transformative Power of Storytelling
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