Give stories more room

“Malcolm Gladwell…suggests that the people with the best stories are those whose jobs involve lots of sitting around with their colleagues; cricketers, for instance, or pilots. I’d suggest its not just the sitting around, its sitting around while half paying attention to something else: the match, the automatic pilot. This leaves enough room for proper story-telling, for holding court, not interrupted by sniping, conversation or one-up-person-ship.” – Russell Davies