The Narrative
Michael MargolisFor founders, operators, and funds at inflection points. The Narrative explores how language shapes strategy, belief, and momentum. Essays on narrative leverage. When you fix the story, you fix the system.
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the witnessing function
One glance from across the room.
My wife Elle knows immediately if there’s something going unsaid. She reads my face like no one else can. Plus she intuits like a world class psychic. Even if I say “I’m ok”, she knows if I’m bullsh*ting to...
which layer of your business is AI-proof?
Last year the question everyone asked was what is your AI strategy.
This year the question is what makes it last.
Boards ask it. Customers ask it. Hiring panels ask it.
Your team asks it in the all-hands you have not yet scheduled. The q...
the largest truthful version of your company
“I don’t have my pithy version yet.”
A founder said that to me, in front of four other founders he barely knew. We were running our narrative office hours at the early-stage VC where I’m an Operating Partner.
This founder was building in...
Morality tale doesn't scale
I recently spent time with a team whose language had stopped working.
Not the strategy. Not the product. The language. They could feel themselves hitting a wall but couldn’t name why.
A company whose language was built for one era, one ma...
the second half of the hero's journey
The business case is clear. But for some reason…the change isn’t landing.
Rolling out a re-org. Leading AI transformation. Shipping a new product.
This often isn’t a strategy or execution problem.
It’s a structural problem with the bigge...
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VC Operating Partner | CEO at Storied | Narrative Architect | ex-Meta | Author, speaker, storytelling philosopher
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