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Matthew Dicks — bestselling author, award-winning storyteller, and 58-time Moth StorySLAM champion — teaches Ted Seides why storytelling is a learnable skill, not a gift, and how institutional investors can use storytelling to communicate with boards and stakeholders more effectively.
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Dicks argues that anyone can become a compelling storyteller. The skill isn't innate. The only real barrier is the courage to be vulnerable — to share real stories with real stakes.
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Institutional investors underperform at communication because they rely on data instead of narrative
Dicks observes that investment professionals have the worst communication skills of any high-performing group he's worked with. They bury insights in data instead of framing them in stories that board members can remember and act on.