Storylinking
Storylinking
Podcast Description
Storylinking is a podcast for community leaders, storytellers, and creative professionals who want to use the power of storytelling to build stronger, more connected communities. Hosted by Tom Lietz—video producer, documentary filmmaker, and creative director with over 20 years of experience—this show explores how narrative and co-creative processes can drive culture, collaboration, and lasting impact.
In each episode, Tom talks with experts and changemakers about real-world strategies for using storytelling to solve tough problems, engage communities, and create systems for sustainable impact. Tune in for insightful conversations, actionable tips, and fresh perspectives on the art and science of community-centered storytelling.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast focuses on storytelling as a tool for community building, collaboration, and social impact. Key themes include co-creation, inclusivity, and strategic engagement, with episodes featuring topics like leveraging AI in community engagement, utilizing theater for dialogue, and exploring political polarization. For example, recent episodes discuss the transformative power of theater with Chad Swan-Badgero and the role of curiosity in bridging divides with Mónica Guzmán.
Storylinking is a podcast for community leaders, storytellers, and creative professionals who want to use the power of storytelling to build stronger, more connected communities. Hosted by Tom Lietz—video producer, documentary filmmaker, and creative director with over 20 years of experience—this show explores how narrative and co-creative processes can drive culture, collaboration, and lasting impact.
In each episode, Tom talks with experts and changemakers about real-world strategies for using storytelling to solve tough problems, engage communities, and create systems for sustainable impact. Tune in for insightful conversations, actionable tips, and fresh perspectives on the art and science of community-centered storytelling.
The First 5 Minutes: Making Room for Real Conversation, with Linn Vizard
Most of us have been in a meeting that stayed shallow. We might have had the right people in the room, but the conversation never got there. Linn Vizard argues that what’s usually missing isn’t the agenda or the expertise, it’s a few minutes of personal context (right at the start) that could have made everyone feel safe enough to actually show up and participate.
In this episode, Linn shares what she’s learned in her career as a service designer and facilitator, helping us to explore what it takes to open a room well. In it’s most basic form: how a single well-chosen question can shift the dynamic of an entire meeting, how to scale that intention from a team of four to a call of forty, and what it looks like to start building a culture of real collaboration from wherever you happen to sit in an organization or community.
Connect with Linn Vizard:
- Linn’s website: https://made-manifest.com
- Pebble Talk (conversation starter deck): https://www.made-manifest.com/resources/pebble-talk
- Ask a Service Designer (newsletter): https://us19.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=1a68a5ce1bf1835e60b4283eb&id=a54944bd66
- Linn on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linnvizard/
Check out more from Storylinking:
- Go behind the scenes of this episode: https://storylinking.com/blog/ep18
- https://storylinking.com (the full show site)
Key moments from this episode:
01:21 Why Linn’s path from industrial design led her to care about people and systems more than products
10:20 The case for dialogue over persuasion, even when you’re sure you’re right
13:18 What happens in the first few minutes of a meeting, and why it determines so much of what follows
33:52 How to start building a more human culture from wherever you sit, without waiting for permission
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