Stephen Denning
Management and storytelling author
Stephen Denning is an Australian author and former World Bank manager who writes about leadership, management, innovation and business storytelling.
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Born 1944 in Sydney, Australia
About Stephen Denning
Stephen Denning was born in Sydney in 1944 and studied law and psychology at Sydney University, followed by a postgraduate law degree at Oxford University. He then joined the World Bank, where he spent several decades in management roles, including Program Director of Knowledge Management from 1996 to 2000. He has written books including The Leader’s Guide to Radical Management, The Secret Language of Leadership and The Leader’s Guide to Storytelling. The Financial Times listed The Secret Language of Leadership among its best books of 2007. Denning advises organizations in the United States, Europe, Asia and Australia on leadership, management, innovation and business narrative. During 2009 he held a visiting fellowship at Oxford University, at All Souls College.