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> [I've never seen a great military, political, or corporate leader who was not a great storyteller. Telling stories is a core competency in business, although it's one that we don't pay enough attention to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bran-ferren/i-ve-never-seen-a-great-military-political-or-corporate-leader-who/)

[Bran Ferren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bran-ferren/)

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## More by Bran Ferren

> [Failure is a necessary ingredient for success.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bran-ferren/failure-is-a-necessary-ingredient-for-success/)

[Bran Ferren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bran-ferren/)

> [Visionaries not only believe that the impossible can be done, but that it must be done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bran-ferren/visionaries-not-only-believe-that-the-impossible-can-be-done-but-that/)

[Bran Ferren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bran-ferren/)

> [I was attracted to things that combined art and science equally. I've always been equally interested in art design, science and engineering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bran-ferren/i-was-attracted-to-things-that-combined-art-and-science-equally-i-ve/)

[Bran Ferren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bran-ferren/)

> [My mother's an artist. My father was an artist and so I assumed that was normal growing up in art and the art world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bran-ferren/my-mother-s-an-artist-my-father-was-an-artist-and-so-i-assumed-that/)

[Bran Ferren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bran-ferren/)

> [Art and design are not luxuries, nor somehow incompatible with science and engineering,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bran-ferren/art-and-design-are-not-luxuries-nor-somehow-incompatible-with-science/)

[Bran Ferren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bran-ferren/)

> [The idea of connecting all people to knowledge and each other is enduring](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bran-ferren/the-idea-of-connecting-all-people-to-knowledge-and-each-other-is/)

[Bran Ferren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bran-ferren/)

> [Most products are ugly. The harsh reality is that in many of these markets, form follows funding. And that products go where the market…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bran-ferren/most-products-are-ugly-the-harsh-reality-is-that-in-many-of-these/)

[Bran Ferren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bran-ferren/)

> [I've never seen a great military, political, or corporate leader who was not a great storyteller. Telling stories is a core competency in business,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bran-ferren/i-ve-never-seen-a-great-military-political-or-corporate-leader-who/)

[Bran Ferren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bran-ferren/)

> [I personally use the web as an Intelligence Amplifier.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bran-ferren/i-personally-use-the-web-as-an-intelligence-amplifier/)

[Bran Ferren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bran-ferren/)

> [What people mean by the word "technology" is the stuff that doesn't really work yet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bran-ferren/what-people-mean-by-the-word-technology-is-the-stuff-that-doesn-t/)

[Bran Ferren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bran-ferren/)

> [The Pantheon was the first church I'd ever seen that had an open view to God](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bran-ferren/the-pantheon-was-the-first-church-i-d-ever-seen-that-had-an-open-view/)

[Bran Ferren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bran-ferren/)

> [It's disgraceful and embarrassing that the highest technology in a typical city high school in this country is the metal detector the students pass…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bran-ferren/it-s-disgraceful-and-embarrassing-that-the-highest-technology-in-a/)

[Bran Ferren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bran-ferren/)

> [One of the great enemies of design is when systems or objects become more complex than a person - or even a team of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bran-ferren/one-of-the-great-enemies-of-design-is-when-systems-or-objects-become/)

[Bran Ferren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bran-ferren/)

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