humor
Navigating Holiday Networking and Conversations: A Survival Guide
This post takes a practical and humorous view of discussing a job search at the Thanksgiving Table.
Julienne Ryan
November 21, 2025
humor
being authentic
Listen More. Talk Less
Why is it so challenging to stay quiet? What is the result of over talking or talking exactly at the moment when it would be so much more beneficial to stay silent?
We recently released an episode of Narativ Inc’s LEADERSHIP STORY TALKS podcast that was all about the power of keeping your mouth shut, with the author Dan Lyons and we got so many great insights from the conversation that we decided to write an article about these.
Dan’s book STFU: The Power of Keeping Your Mouth Shut in an Endlessly Noisy World is filled with strategies that are linked in research and in observations of today’s most effective leaders.
Julienne Ryan
April 9, 2023
Need To Manage Your “Work From Home” Stresses -Schedule A Laugh Break!
Are little things starting to get on your nerves in your “work from home” environments? Do you need to find a way to regroup and re-energize?
Julienne Ryan
November 11, 2022
humor
“Chase The Ball, Then Hit It.”
The author shares a humorous tennis story and life lessons from her Queens, New York childhood.
Julienne Ryan
September 6, 2022
communications
Monday Morning Quotes to Help You Ease Into Your Week
I am a morning person and am unbearably happy when I get out of bed before the sun rises. I
Julienne Ryan
August 22, 2022
communications
“Show Up & Be Ready to be Authentic!” – A Queens Communications Playbook Lesson
A lesson about showing up, being yourself and the joy of unplanned moments of connection with Golda Solomon and Christopher Dean Sullivan the bassist. So much learning it in rooms full of people who are raising their creative voices for the good of others.
Julienne Ryan
July 5, 2022
communications
Does it ever feel like your communications are stuck on Quarrelsome Lane?
Quarrelsome Lane in Queens, New York serves as a great reminder about what can happen when we get stuck in a bad communication dynamic. Sometimes we don’t remember why we ended up at this communication impasse and why our behavior choices have us revisiting the same well-trodden route and results.
Julienne Ryan
May 24, 2022
business storytelling
Having a Communication Challenge? Sometimes we just need to contact a trained professional.
When we encounter communication challenges, sometimes we just have to woman or man up and ask a trained professional for help.
Websites, apps, and technology enable us to function as self-sufficient beings. Being an independent professional forces you to be your own IT support. This role requires us to read many vender-generated pdfs, endure bot-driven chats, and scroll through countless Q & A’s, all in Quixote-like searches for a solution. One that you often do not find.
Julienne Ryan
March 24, 2022
business storytelling
What Escape Rooms Can Teach Us About Conducting Effective Meetings
Escape rooms can teach us about conducting effective meetings as we begin to conduct more in person meetings.
Julienne Ryan
February 23, 2022
Christopher Walken
“Get Schmeary” – What we can learn about the art of conversation from Christopher Walken
In this post humorist Julienne B. Ryan explains what she learned about the art of conversation from a David Marchese’s interview with Christopher Walken
Julienne Ryan
February 16, 2022