Michael Margolis, CEO of Get Storied, joins the Business of Story Podcast to communicate story's power of disruptive innovation and how it can connect people to the opportunities of the present. The Business of Story is sponsored by ACT!, Convince & Convert, Emma, and Oracle. ACT! helps individuals, small businesses, and sales teams organize prospect and customer details in just one place, ultimately driving sales. Visit http://actstory.com and enter to win a pair of BOSE noise-cancelling headphones. Emma helps marketers everywhere send smart, stylish email newsletters, promotions, and automated campaigns, and help us all rest a little easier knowing our marketing emailing is doing its job. Check out their newest publication at Myemma.com/click. Each day the team at Convince & Convert picks a topic and sends you the three best resources ever created about that topic. It's topical, it's timely, it's useful, so go to definitivedigest.com and subscribe to their email newsletter now. Oracle Marketing Cloud offers an introduction to marketing automation, with tips that marketers need to automate and optimize. In This Episode The currency of stories in business and life The powerful possibilities of story Three universal truths on why stories connect us no matter who or where we are in the world Operational and organizational storytelling Michael's key structure of context, emotion, and evidence Resources  Getstoried.com Getstoried.com/redpill Story University The New About Me LeanStory Twitter @getstoried Instagram #getstoried "Believe Me: Why Your Vision, Brand, and Leadership Need a Bigger Story," by Michael Margolis “Wake Me Up When the Data is Over,” by Lori Silverman “The Moral Molecule,” by Paul J. Zak "Trust Me, I'm Lying," by Ryan Holiday Steve Denning   Visit http://bit.ly/BizofStory for more insights from your favorite storytellers.