More Magic of Metaphor: Stories for Leaders, Influencers & Motivators
Author: Nick Owen
PUBLISHER: Crown House Publishing
ISBN: 1904424414
Softback 335 pages
REVIEWED BY: Paul Jones
In this second volume in the Magic of Metaphor series we
are treated to more of Nick Owen’s collected teaching tales.
Further to the first volume, the stories are connected by a
meta-story that runs through the whole book.
Not only being a collection of very interesting and inspiring
stories, the book begins with a short explanation of Ken
Wiber’s model of “a theory of everything”, Grave’s “spiral
dynamics” (which appears loosely based on Leary’s 8 circuit
model and Maslow’s hierarchy) and the influencer vs.
manipulator dichotomy.
These models help us deconstruct the stories and help point
to their potential usefulness as well as offering likely
interpretations of the messages contained within each
parable. Very usefully, a small alternative-contents page lists
the stories by theme allowing you to pick certain stories out
that explicate various attributes. So, if I want a story that
shows a single minded trailblazer, it tells which stories have
elements of this in them.
The book finishes with a few very interesting small sections
detailing our useful models, spiral dynamics and ‘everything’ more closely, examining perspective-shifts within these
frameworks, a distillation of the qualities of great motivators
and influencers.
I found this book to be a bit of a rarity, very useful yet very
user-friendly, quite acceptable bedside table material. It will
appeal to everyone.
REVIEWED BY: Paul Jones
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