Alan Webber: Facts Are Facts, But Stories Are How We Learn

On This Episode

'Fast Company' co-founder Alan Webber and Saul Kaplan discuss why we learn powerful ideas best by asking good questions and finding good stories.

Alan Webber is an award-winning author and columnist. After a 2014 run for Governor of New Mexico, he founded the nonprofit One New Mexico to foster entrepreneurship and innovation in the state.

Previously, Webber was co-founder of Fast Company magazine, and managing editor and editorial director of the Harvard Business Review. He is co-author of Life Reimagined: Discovering Your New Life Possibilities and author of The Global Detective and Rules of Thumb: 52 Truths for Winning at Business Without Losing Your Self. Webber has been a storyteller at several previous BIF Summits — links to videos of his talks are at the end of this page.

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Show Notes

• One New Mexico
• The Disappearing Man In The Gray Flannel Suit: Alan Webber at BIF9
• Context Is King: Alan Webber at BIF6
• The Global Detective: Alan Webber at BIF5