Storytelling and Influence in Technical Environments

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Technical professionals are often trained for precision, but real influence requires persuasion. This course on storytelling for technical professionals teaches you how to move beyond clarity and master technical storytelling frameworks that shape perception, frame decisions, and guide stakeholders. You'll learn the problem-solution-impact narrative model, apply the three-act storytelling framework to engineering initiatives, and discover how to turn dense data and architecture decisions into executive communication that connects technology to business outcomes. Beyond narrative structure, this course builds practical influence without authority skills for engineers, architects, and technical leads working in matrix organizations. You'll learn cross-functional stakeholder alignment, coalition building, and credibility strategies that help you navigate competing priorities across engineering, product, and sales. The course also covers communicating AI and emerging technology to leadership, framing technical debt as business risk, and delivering layered technical communication for mixed audiences — through hands-on labs, AI-powered role-play simulations, and a capstone strategic narrative project.

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Mark Peters

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Starweaver

Global Leaders in Professional & Technology Education