SeThe Storytelling
Ecosystem™

A Narrative Framework by Alex Okoroji

A story is only
the beginning.

What happens after people hear it?
That is where the ecosystem begins.

Building Trust. Inspiring Community.
Creating Lasting Impact.

Purpose.
People.
Possibility.
PurposeNarrativeContentExperienceCommunityTrustInfluenceImpact

THE STORY CONTINUES · A LIVING CYCLE

The central idea

Stories are
organizational infrastructure.

How do we build organizations whose stories are worth believing? The Storytelling Ecosystem™ connects purpose and narrative with the experiences, systems and relationships that make a story credible.

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01 / The framework

Eight stages.
One connected practice.

From a reason to begin to evidence of what changed. Each stage informs the next, and learning brings us back to purpose.

Step inside the cycle ↗
  1. 01Purpose
  2. 02Narrative
  3. 03Content
  4. 04Experience
  5. 05Community
  6. 06Trust
  7. 07Influence
  8. 08Impact

From the library

The Actor’s Lens

How a discipline of listening and observing human behavior informs the way Alex Okoroji thinks about communication.

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“Behavior is the strongest story an organization tells.”An emerging principle
Alex Okoroji, creator of The Storytelling Ecosystem

The creator

A lens shaped by
human behavior.

Created by media executive and communication strategist Alex Okoroji, The Storytelling Ecosystem™ brings an actor’s attention to human behavior into a theory of organizational leadership through narrative.

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