{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Foverloaded-understanding-neglect.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fdo-stories-really-work-1E8jaHdc","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Do Stories Really Work?","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/573d7c60-e83d-4efe-aa78-3ad20853f7aa/7fd2c941-f13f-4fa3-ba40-ad939c5fb261/ps4-20cover-20and-20headshot-20.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"We've spent this season talking about narrative change. How dominant narratives shape our mental models, culture, and consequently, systems. How dominant narratives determine who belongs while locking certain families out.\nBut here's the question I’d like to start with as we enter our second narrative arc of building better narratives in this season: Do stories really work?\nAs Jess Moyer would remind us, “Narratives are made up of lots of different stories. So narratives are patterns in stories. And when we tell stories, we are sometimes intentionally, but often unintentionally, reinforcing particular narratives, or in other cases, contesting particular narratives by the kinds of stories that we tell and the ways that we tell those stories.”\nSo, can telling a different story about an overloaded parent actually change a caseworker's behavior? Can a personal story shift a legislator's vote? Can storytelling, something that feels soft, artistic, almost naïve, create the kind of measurable, systemic change we need?\nToday, we're getting into the mechanics. The neuroscience. The evidence. Because if we're asking people to change how they communicate, to challenge narratives they've held their entire lives, we need to show them why it matters.\nNot just philosophically, but measurably.\nThis is Episode 7: Do Stories Really Work?"}