I love a good storyteller

November 30, 2005 By

I’m listening to Charles Handy talk. He’s an Irish-born management scholar and best-selling author. 

I could listen to him all day long. Why? Because he’s a great story teller. He helped start the London Business School back in 1967. I was born in 1965 so he has a bit more life experiences than I have.

Here’s an interview with Charles that gives a sense of his personality.

Tom is writing about the sessions on the IT@Cork blog.

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  • http://dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/paul/default.aspx paul

    You’re lucky to meet Charles Handy, I often heard him in interviews on RTE Radio 1, he brought imagination and flexibility to industries that were very ridged.

  • http://dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/paul/default.aspx paul

    You’re lucky to meet Charles Handy, I often heard him in interviews on RTE Radio 1, he brought imagination and flexibility to industries that were very ridged.

  • Barry

    Starting the prestigious LBS at the age of two is indeed impressive!

  • Barry

    Starting the prestigious LBS at the age of two is indeed impressive!

  • http://gautamghosh.wordpress.com/ gautamghosh

    Handy is one of the most under-rated management thinkers, probably because he does not attempt to ‘market’ himself…but I think he’s on par with folks like Ed Schein and Drucker ..

  • http://gautamghosh.wordpress.com/ gautamghosh

    Handy is one of the most under-rated management thinkers, probably because he does not attempt to ‘market’ himself…but I think he’s on par with folks like Ed Schein and Drucker ..

  • http://dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/paul/default.aspx paul

    Charles Handy should start blogging!

  • http://dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/paul/default.aspx paul

    Charles Handy should start blogging!

  • http://www.powerspeaks.blogspot.com/ william

    Thanks so much for sharing with us the
    wisdom of Charles Handy, I found
    this quote of his:
    “It is a time for new imaginings, of windows opening even if some doors close. We need not stumble backwards into the future, casting longing glances at what used to be; we can turn round and face a new reality. It is after all a safer posture if you want to keep moving”
    I would like to apply the relevance to this quote to the news today regarding the announcement by Mayor Ray Nagin that New Orleans will have the nations first wireless internet service,
    Overcoming Hurricane Katrina and opposition from cable television and telephone companies. Kudos to Mayor
    Nagin and the visionary team for new imaginings and having the guts of “not stumbling backwards into the
    future, casting longing glances at what use to be; but turning round and facing a new reality”.

  • http://www.powerspeaks.blogspot.com william

    Thanks so much for sharing with us the
    wisdom of Charles Handy, I found
    this quote of his:
    “It is a time for new imaginings, of windows opening even if some doors close. We need not stumble backwards into the future, casting longing glances at what used to be; we can turn round and face a new reality. It is after all a safer posture if you want to keep moving”
    I would like to apply the relevance to this quote to the news today regarding the announcement by Mayor Ray Nagin that New Orleans will have the nations first wireless internet service,
    Overcoming Hurricane Katrina and opposition from cable television and telephone companies. Kudos to Mayor
    Nagin and the visionary team for new imaginings and having the guts of “not stumbling backwards into the
    future, casting longing glances at what use to be; but turning round and facing a new reality”.

  • Robert Sanders

    We enjoyed the talk by Charles – very thought provoking, let’s go out & do it!

  • Robert Sanders

    We enjoyed the talk by Charles – very thought provoking, let’s go out & do it!

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  • Gerard

    Enjoyed Charles Handy’s session but you also did a good job on promoting the benefits of blogging….great presentation definately converted!

  • Gerard

    Enjoyed Charles Handy’s session but you also did a good job on promoting the benefits of blogging….great presentation definately converted!

  • http://www.grannybuttons.com/ Andrew Denny

    Yes, Charles Handy is extremely ‘listenable-to’! He often talks on BBC Radio, and you can replay some of the programs as streaming audio. Here’s a wonderful series of talks about business people done as … English lessons!
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/work/handy/

  • http://www.grannybuttons.com Andrew Denny

    Yes, Charles Handy is extremely ‘listenable-to’! He often talks on BBC Radio, and you can replay some of the programs as streaming audio. Here’s a wonderful series of talks about business people done as … English lessons!
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/work/handy/

  • http://frances.wordpress.com/ coffeebarchick

    So glad to have discovered Mr. Handy through you.
    The quote from the comments above is a keeper.
    take care

  • http://frances.wordpress.com/ coffeebarchick

    So glad to have discovered Mr. Handy through you.
    The quote from the comments above is a keeper.
    take care

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  • Stephanie

    Hello: I was looking for contact information for Charles Handy. Would you have current information where I could contact him for a speaking engagement please?

  • Stephanie

    Hello: I was looking for contact information for Charles Handy. Would you have current information where I could contact him for a speaking engagement please?

  • Joe Englad

    I have dined with Charles Handy near his home in Suffolk and met him and his wife a few times. They spend half the year living in London where everything is dedicated to him (his wife cooks, cleans does everything) then the other half dedicated to her photography.

    He does indeed bring a profound elemet to

  • Joe Englad

    I have dined with Charles Handy near his home in Suffolk and met him and his wife a few times. They spend half the year living in London where everything is dedicated to him (his wife cooks, cleans does everything) then the other half dedicated to her photography.

    He does indeed bring a profound elemet to

  • http://www.telefon.de/index.asp?gruppe=105 Peter handy

    is it possible that you provide me an adress of Mr. Charles Handy. It could be a relative of me. my grandma left Ireland 50 years ago. strange idea to find my roots via blog posting?

  • http://www.telefon.de/index.asp?gruppe=105 Peter handy

    is it possible that you provide me an adress of Mr. Charles Handy. It could be a relative of me. my grandma left Ireland 50 years ago. strange idea to find my roots via blog posting?

  • http://www.handy-mobil-shop.de/ Torsten Handy

    I was looking for contact information for Charles Handy. Would you have current information where I could contact him?

  • http://www.handy-mobil-shop.de Torsten Handy

    I was looking for contact information for Charles Handy. Would you have current information where I could contact him?

  • http://handy-sparen.de/ Handy

    Yeah great. Is he blogging now? Love his interviews and his talk.

    Regards

  • http://www.prepaid-discounter.net Prepaid

    Yeah thx 4 the tip – i find you thought google…

  • http://handy-sparen.de/ Handy

    Yeah great. Is he blogging now? Love his interviews and his talk.

    Regards