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# Thaler Pekar & Partners

Hear & be heard. Understand & be understood.

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## Posts

- [Resources](https://thalerpekar.com/resources/)
- [The Urgency of Listening to Now](https://thalerpekar.com/the-urgency-of-listening-to-now/) - What does work mean to you? Can you say you know how your employees and colleagues will answer that question today?
- [Origins of the Narrative Garden®](https://thalerpekar.com/origins-of-the-narrative-garden/) - The usefulness of the Narrative Garden™ metaphor emerged in Chile. The company’s narrative emerged from scores of interviews, story elicitations, and research.
- [An Exploration of Women’s Power in Storytelling](https://thalerpekar.com/an-exploration-of-womens-power-in-storytelling/) - How can women learn to trust their instincts, share collaborative stories, and benefit the common good? Thaler Pekar & Partners hosted Annette Simmons to find out.
- [We Will Do All We Can to Restore the Fundamental Rights of Women](https://thalerpekar.com/roe-wade-overturned/) - Thaler Pekar & Partners will do everything we can to ensure women and girls receive all necessary healthcare to protect their health and lives.
- [How to Listen in an Overstimulating World](https://thalerpekar.com/how-to-listen-in-an-overstimulating-world/) - Are you hearing the people in your life — truly? Learn tips on how we can listen better in an increasingly polarized society and make virtual spaces intimate.
- [Five Films About Queer Storytelling](https://thalerpekar.com/five-films-about-queer-storytelling/) - These not only depict their queer characters in a nuanced fashion, but offer meaningful insight into the unique experiences of queer storytellers.
- [Farmers Markets, Cooking & Narrative Emergence](https://thalerpekar.com/farmers-markets-cooking-narrative-emergence/) - I cook like I work. Each week (sometimes several times a week), Farmers Markets pique my curiosity and offer inspiration.
- [The Glory of Low Expectations](https://thalerpekar.com/the-glory-of-low-expectations/) - Want to speak with the opposition? Lower your expectations! To let people feel heard, focus on low expectations, limited intent, and fairness.
- [Your Listener Wants Control](https://thalerpekar.com/your-listener-wants-control/) - Dear leaders and communicators, are you listening to your listeners? When you are asking your listeners to make decisions, they desire control.
- [The Fastest Way to Improve Your Story Skills](https://thalerpekar.com/the-fastest-way-to-improve-your-story-skills/) - Brevity, clarity, narrative arc, and emotion are some of the most common — and most important — attributes to memorable, engaging stories.
- [Video Inviting People to Be Heard](https://thalerpekar.com/a-video-that-truly-invites-people-to-be-heard/) - Given trust and time, people will feel heard. And when people feel heard, they will share surprising and profound anecdotes.
- [Heroes, Collectives, and 'The Black Panther'](https://thalerpekar.com/heroes-collectives-and-the-black-panther/) - The familiarity of hero and villain, and of an easy-to-follow storyline, can be comforting. But people can tune out such pat, seemingly unrepresentative plots.
- [Emotion and the Search for Meaning at SXSW](https://thalerpekar.com/emotion-and-the-search-for-meaning-at-sxsw/) - True social and technological innovation requires the marriage of offline and online activities, the combination of the digital and the human.
- [Simple Stories and Complex Narratives](https://thalerpekar.com/simple-stories-and-complex-narratives/) - Too often, advocacy organizations lose sight of the solution they were created to advance. Not every call to action must address a complex, systemic problem.
- [The Weight of my TEDx Talk Flub](https://thalerpekar.com/the-weight-of-my-tedx-talk-flub/) - I delivered a TEDx Talk. It wasn’t perfect; I flubbed a punchline. It weighs on me. But ultimately you, the audience, determine if or how much the botch pops.
- [Heart, Head & Hand®: An Advanced Approach to Persuasive Communication](https://thalerpekar.com/heart-head-hand-an-advanced-approach-to-persuasive-communication/) - Story is an extremely effective persuasive communication tool. Heart, Head & Hand® is a fresh approach to a traditional concept of communication.
- [Beyond Understanding: Listening for Emergence](https://thalerpekar.com/beyond-understanding-listening-for-emergence/) - Over the course of a week, how many minutes of high-quality listening do you receive? How often do you get to listen to understand perspective (not for interpretation or analysis)?
- [Inviting Vulnerability](https://thalerpekar.com/inviting-vulnerability/) - Why are leaders beseeching others to be vulnerable? What is the ultimate goal? To what do they aspire?
- [What Will Replace the Hero’s Journey?](https://thalerpekar.com/what-will-replace-the-heros-journey-2/) - This article was originally published in the Stanford Social Innovation Review and it is available on their website here. Only by sharing stories of complex protagonists, messy work, and muddled results will the social sector foster understanding and gain support. Throughout the world, people tend to reflect upon their lives as a journey, with goals and
- [The Remembering Organization](https://thalerpekar.com/the-remembering-organization/) - Every decision we make is an act of memory. Are you facilitating the formation of your organization’s unique and invaluable memory? A Remembering Organization actively cultivates memories that shape future decisions rather than assuming documentation, data sets, and AI alone will do the work. Memory is formed through the recollection and retelling of experiences. Consider
- [Beyond the Chief Storyteller: Building a Story-Driven Organization](https://thalerpekar.com/beyond-the-chief-storyteller-building-a-story-driven-organization/) - This article was originally published on The Robin Report and is accessible here. Story is an emergent communication tool that taps into the experiences of your customer. This is crucial in retail. When you share a story with your customer, you will spark a story in their mind. A story that has your customer thinking,
- [Insight20 Speaking #4](https://thalerpekar.com/insight20-speaking-4/) - In celebration of our 20th anniversary, we’re sharing the expertise we’ve gleaned over 20+ years and giving you these 20 insights for modeling excellent listening, speaking, and narrative leadership. Are you inviting people into solutions? Stop pushing problems. Your organization, products, and services don’t exist because of a problem, but because of your solution. Invite
- [Insight20 Listening #1](https://thalerpekar.com/insight20-listening-1/) - In celebration of our 20th anniversary, we’re sharing the expertise we’ve gleaned over 20+ years and giving you these 20 insights for modeling excellent listening, speaking, and narrative leadership. Communication is both speaking and listening. When we listen, we demonstrate respect and humility and build trust. When we listen, we hear more. In cultures of
- [Insight20 Listening #2](https://thalerpekar.com/insight20-listening-2/) - In celebration of our 20th anniversary, we’re sharing the expertise we’ve gleaned over 20+ years and giving you these 20 insights for modeling excellent listening, speaking, and narrative leadership. What assumptions are you making? Check your biases. Don’t assume consensus and buy-in because you’re hearing only what you want or expect to hear. Remind yourself
- [Insight20 Listening #3](https://thalerpekar.com/insight20-listening-3/) - In celebration of our 20th anniversary, we’re sharing the expertise we’ve gleaned over 20+ years and giving you these 20 insights for modeling excellent listening, speaking, and narrative leadership. Are you checking in with your listener to learn what they’re hearing? If you’re not asking, you’re guessing. Clarity and alignment depend on knowing how your
- [Insight20 Listening #5](https://thalerpekar.com/insight20-listening-5/) - In celebration of our 20th anniversary, we’re sharing the expertise we’ve gleaned over 20+ years and giving you these 20 insights for modeling excellent listening, speaking, and narrative leadership. Are you listening to, and not trying to fill, pauses? Allow space for people to listen to themselves and reflect on what they’re thinking and saying.
- [Insight20 Listening #6](https://thalerpekar.com/insight20-listening-6/) - In celebration of our 20th anniversary, we’re sharing the expertise we’ve gleaned over 20+ years and giving you these 20 insights for modeling excellent listening, speaking, and narrative leadership. Are you asking open-ended questions? Extend a proverbial welcome mat, with inquiries so open the person feels with certainty that they’ll be heard. Invite context, complexity,
- [Insight20 Listening #7](https://thalerpekar.com/insight20-listening-7/) - In celebration of our 20th anniversary, we’re sharing the expertise we’ve gleaned over 20+ years and giving you these 20 insights for modeling excellent listening, speaking, and narrative leadership. Are you demonstrating real curiosity? Use your questions, tone, pace, and body language to signal “speak up” (not “shut up”). Ask, “And what else?” — the
- [Insight20 Listening #4](https://thalerpekar.com/insight20-listening-4/) - In celebration of our 20th anniversary, we’re sharing the expertise we’ve gleaned over 20+ years and giving you these 20 insights for modeling excellent listening, speaking, and narrative leadership. Are you creating space for people to be heard? A large part of the takeaway from any conversation is if we feel heard. Provide people with
- [Our Anniversary Gift to You](https://thalerpekar.com/thaler-pekar-partners-turns-20/) - Thaler Pekar & Partners is celebrating our 20th anniversary! For 20 years, we’ve had the privilege of guiding smart leaders like you, who are assembling great teams and building cultures of excellent communication — cultures in which people effectively speak and listen with each other and with their audiences. Thank you for joining us on
- [Insight20 Speaking #2](https://thalerpekar.com/insight20-speaking-2/) - In celebration of our 20th anniversary, we’re sharing the expertise we’ve gleaned over 20+ years and giving you these 20 insights for modeling excellent listening, speaking, and narrative leadership. How do you want your audience to explain what you said? Imagine I’m walking in at the end of your presentation. Everyone is applauding. I turn
- [Insight20 Speaking #7](https://thalerpekar.com/insight20-speaking-7/) - In celebration of our 20th anniversary, we’re sharing the expertise we’ve gleaned over 20+ years and giving you these 20 insights for modeling excellent listening, speaking, and narrative leadership. Are you communicating with people and not just at them? Unlike pushing a message at someone, you’re a more effective communicator when pulling them toward engagement,
- [Insight20 Speaking #6](https://thalerpekar.com/insight20-speaking-6/) - In celebration of our 20th anniversary, we’re sharing the expertise we’ve gleaned over 20+ years and giving you these 20 insights for modeling excellent listening, speaking, and narrative leadership. Can you humanize your language? Shift language to accurately reflect your values, and to enable you and your team to communicate humanely. For example, instead of
- [Insight20 Speaking #5](https://thalerpekar.com/insight20-speaking-5/) - In celebration of our 20th anniversary, we’re sharing the expertise we’ve gleaned over 20+ years and giving you these 20 insights for modeling excellent listening, speaking, and narrative leadership. Are you sharing your passion? People don’t care what you know until they know you care. Yet too often, we tell, and we fail to show
- [Insight20 Speaking #3](https://thalerpekar.com/insight20-speaking-3/) - In celebration of our 20th anniversary, we’re sharing the expertise we’ve gleaned over 20+ years and giving you these 20 insights for modeling excellent listening, speaking, and narrative leadership. Are you establishing trust early on? No one will stick around to see how competent you are if they don’t first trust you. Share a sincere
- [Insight20 Speaking #1](https://thalerpekar.com/insight20-speaking-1/) - In celebration of our 20th anniversary, we’re sharing the expertise we’ve gleaned over 20+ years and giving you these 20 insights for modeling excellent listening, speaking, and narrative leadership. Effective communication isn’t about the perfect or loudest message. In fact, what we say doesn’t matter as much as what people take away. Meaning is determined
- [Every Perspective has a Story: Listen for It](https://thalerpekar.com/every-perspective-has-a-story-listen-for-it/) - "An Army Lines Up For Battle" by Paul Noth. The New Yorker, December 1, 2014. Article originally published on Medium in 2020 and slightly revised when posting here in 2025. If everything around us seems new and different, let's make the ways in which we listen new and different, too. Unprecedented times demand the cultivation
- [The Good You Do: Lead with Integrity and Ignite Change](https://thalerpekar.com/the-good-you-do-lead-with-integrity-and-ignite-change/) - There’s one powerful and transformative story you need to share immediately with your teams, friends, strangers — and yourself. It’s your story about how your work aligns with your values and sense of right and wrong. People are seeking confidence, connection, and understanding in our uncertain world. That world includes you and your work. When
- [The Pleasures and Perils of Storytelling from BBC's The Forum](https://thalerpekar.com/the-pleasures-and-perils-of-storytelling-from-bbcs-the-forum/) - This transcript was taken from The Pleasures and Perils of Storytelling, an episode of The Forum from the BBC. You can access The Forum on the BBC's website here. Bridget Kendall Welcome to The Forum from the BBC, with me, Bridget Kendall. Are you an avid consumer of novels? Love stories, maybe? Or mysteries, or
- [Leading Narrative Change](https://thalerpekar.com/leading-narrative-change/) - Activists, philanthropists, and social entrepreneurs increasingly are focused on influencing people and shaping opinions, behaviors, and policy through narrative. There's also an increased focus on culture change through narrative. Although the definition of the word can be nuanced, narrative generally refers to the big, overarching stories that result from the amalgamation of smaller stories. As the Narrative Initiative puts it: "What tiles
- [TP&P Oral History Project Earns Global Recognition](https://thalerpekar.com/tpp-oral-history-project-earns-global-recognition/) - Lifting Up What Works®: An Oral History of the First 22 Years of PolicyLink, produced by Thaler Pekar & Partners, has been selected to be presented at the 23rd International Oral History Association Conference in Kraków, Poland in September 2025! We're deeply honored that our signature approach of combining high quality video production and significant
- [Pause, Reflect, Summarize](https://thalerpekar.com/pause-reflect-summarize/)
- [Know Your Ending](https://thalerpekar.com/know-your-ending/)
- [Reflecting Your Values](https://thalerpekar.com/reflecting-your-values/)
- [What's Your Point?](https://thalerpekar.com/whats-your-point/)
- [Earn Trust](https://thalerpekar.com/earn-trust/)
- [Conversations as a Road Trip](https://thalerpekar.com/conversations-as-a-road-trip/)
- [Passion is Power](https://thalerpekar.com/passion-is-power/)
- [Tell Me More](https://thalerpekar.com/tell-me-more/)
- [Dealing with Historians](https://thalerpekar.com/dealing-with-historians/)
- [Preaching to the Choir](https://thalerpekar.com/preaching-to-the-choir/)
- [Set Your Intent](https://thalerpekar.com/set-your-intent/)
- [Introduction](https://thalerpekar.com/introduction/)
- [The Cure for Premature Articulation](https://thalerpekar.com/the-cure-for-premature-articulation/)
- [Hearing the Stories within the Stories](https://thalerpekar.com/hearing-the-stories-within-the-stories/)
- [The Problem with Problem Statements](https://thalerpekar.com/the-problem-with-problem-statements/)
- [The Benefits of Building a Narrative Organization](https://thalerpekar.com/the-benefits-of-building-a-narrative-organization/)
- [Reflection Through Narrative](https://thalerpekar.com/reflection-through-narrative/)
- [A Defense of Story](https://thalerpekar.com/a-defense-of-story/)
- [I am Not a Storyteller](https://thalerpekar.com/i-am-not-a-storyteller/)
- [4 Stories You Must be Telling Yourself](https://thalerpekar.com/4-stories-you-must-be-telling-yourself/)
- [The Urgency of Listening Now](https://thalerpekar.com/the-urgency-of-listening-now/)
- [Every Perspective has a Story](https://thalerpekar.com/every-perspective-has-a-story/)
- [Storytelling & Moral Injury](https://thalerpekar.com/storytelling-moral-injury/)
- [The Woman Who Knows How to Tell Your Story: Silicon Republic](https://thalerpekar.com/the-woman-who-knows-how-to-tell-your-story-silicon-republic/)
- [Thaler Pekar and the Magic of Sharing Stories: Let's Hear It! Podcast](https://thalerpekar.com/thaler-pekar-and-the-magic-of-sharing-stories-lets-hear-it-podcast/)
- [The Courage to Listen: Aberje](https://thalerpekar.com/the-courage-to-listen-aberje/)
- [The Power of Storytelling - and Story Listening: The Breadwinners Podcast](https://thalerpekar.com/the-power-of-storytelling-and-story-listening-the-breadwinners-podcast/)
- [TP&P YouTube Channel](https://thalerpekar.com/tpp-youtube-channel/)
- [Inspirefest Keynote](https://thalerpekar.com/inspirefest-keynote/)
- [Excerpt from Cultivating a Narrative Garden: How to Grow the Stories You Desire](https://thalerpekar.com/excerpt-from-cultivating-a-narrative-garden-how-to-grow-the-stories-you-desire/)
- ["Listen Better, Hear More" Webinar](https://thalerpekar.com/listen-better-hear-more-webinar/)
- [The Problem of "I" and the Powers of "We"](https://thalerpekar.com/the-problem-of-i-and-the-powers-of-we/) - As leaders, we constantly use pronouns — let's use them to our advantage. Leaders often use first-person pronouns to state their role on a team or their status in an organization: “I take full responsibility.” “The buck stops with me.” Yet in some contexts, using first-person pronouns can communicate defensiveness and a loss of status. It can

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