The Storyteller📜 is the Most Powerful Person in the World | Paul Dunn

Accounting Apps Podcast| formerly Cloud Stories | Accounting Technology

Interview with Paul Dunn Chief Story-Teller at CLARITY, and Co-Founder of B1G1.

💻 Technology is an enabler of more human things.

🎓 Edutainment, as education.

😬 Getting nervous when speaking.

👥 The way to connect is to be more focused on them than on you.

📜 The storyteller sets the vision and the agenda for an entire generation.

💪 The importance of having a strong presence.

🌍 The storyteller is the most powerful person in the world.

🔌 Tech is not about the inputs.

📖 The importance of telling stories that are relevant to people.

🏆 Outcomes are the key to a successful pitch.

🌐 TOAGlobal: The humanverse is a human-to-human thing in tech.

🧮 Paul’s first memory of an accountant world.

🚀 Becoming one of the first 10 in Hewlett Packard Australia.

💰 The standard accounting joke, the 9800, and how to use it.

🗣️ Hewlett-Packard seminars.

🖨️ The world’s first thermal printer and the first ‘trial’ balance.

📜 The world's first thermal scroll printer.

📊 The Australian accountants number crunch system.

📚 The story of Zig Ziglar.

🤝 The importance of getting your thoughts out into the world.

🎙️ The human element of the podcast.

🐜 The connection to tech and termites.

🌿 Nature does not solve problems. Nature solves for potential.

📞 What is a discovery call and how can you use it?

🚀 Hiring people based on their potential.

🌟 Tech is an enabler to create a better, more fulfilling human experience.

📝 The top three things accountants should do.

🤝 Engaged with original people impacted by Rod Drury’s vision.

💼 Opportunity for entrepreneurs to do their own thing.

💰 The opportunity for larger companies to grab that space and be able to say “this is not some sort of charity thing”.

🤲 Charity is a meaningful thing, not just a charity thing.

🤜 The importance of being bolder.

🔥 Be bolder in execution and in terms of reach.

📚 Sukhinder Singh Cassidy's book, Choose Possibility.

🚪 You can go through a door, but you can come back through that door.

I am thrilled to bring you an interview with Paul Dunn, the fourth and final interview in our series of interviews from the Accountants BootCamp. If you haven't already, I highly recommend you listen to the previous three episodes and subscribe to the Cloud Stories podcast.

When I first heard about the re:Boot of the Accountants BootCamp I was intrigued by the opportunity to see Paul Dunn in action. I have heard so many good things about him, from so many people. I was of course concerned that he could not possibly live up to the hype, but he was all that and more. He started in the industry in the early 70’s and at the re:Boot event he was extraordinarily sharp, energetic and charismatic. He made everyone in the room feel like a VIP, and I watched him take time out to speak with everyone. I don't even have that level of energy!

I was extraordinarily grateful for the opportunity to speak with Paul Dunn, and I think I have really saved the best interview for last, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

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