The Protagonist & The Narrator w/ Jonathan Adler

Today’s guest, Jonathan Adler, is an internationally recognized scholar in the study of personal narrative and its relationship with well-being. Jonathan is a professor of psychology at Olin College of Engineering, a senior lecturer at Harvard Medical School, and a theater director and playwright. His work brings together the rigor of science with the wonder and mystery of art, to show how writing a narrative and then living into that narrative can shift the future for the better. 

Jonathan and Chris discuss: 

• What the science tells us about how storytelling and narratives work 
• Why humans tell stories, and the role these stories can play in transforming leaders and organizations 
• Why redemptive narratives, such as the American narrative about beating cancer, can be transformative—but why these same narratives can also do harm 
• How leaders can use storytelling to navigate narrative conflicts and create alignment around a shared vision of the future 

And much more!