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What is CSI?

Conversational Storytelling Inquiry (CSI) is a innovative methodology for exploring and analyzing Conversations through co-inquiry dialogue and collaborative storytelling. It emphasizes the co-creation of meaning through conversational storytelling. More

Watch short YouTube video on the ANTES as seeds of storytelling

Do you know what's the Seeds of story & narrative? 

Antenarrative processes are seeds of pre-story and pre-narrative. They embody so many of these principles in action. One of their key strategies was understanding and harnessing the power of antenarratives. So antenarratives are like the seeds of stories. They're those fragments of experience, those fleeting thoughts and feelings and images that haven't quite coalesced into a coherent narrative yet. Oh, so it's like the raw material of storytelling. Whispers of potential stories just waiting to be discovered...paying attention to these antenarratives, it can offer valuable insights into the underlying dynamics of organizations and social systems.... listening for those subtle cues that might be revealing a deeper story.
  
It's  noticing those subtle shifts in the wind, you know, before a storm comes. Or sensing a change in the energy of a room before anything is explicitly said. Imagine you're working on a project and you start noticing a pattern of antenarratives. Perhaps people are expressing frustration about not feeling heard. Or there's a sense of distrust brewing between teams. Y But instead of ignoring the red flags  or dismissing them as just people grumbling, you know, you can use those anti-narratives as a starting point for deeper inquiry. It's about recognizing that these whispers of stories might be pointing to a larger systemic issue that needs to be addressed. And this is where those principles of CSI that we discussed earlier come into play. By becoming more aware of those whispers of stories, by listening deeply to their messages, and by engaging with them creatively, we can really tap into the wellspring of wisdom and inspiration.

What tools or techniques can help us navigate this world of antenarratives? 
1.        antenarrative journaling,
2.        antinarrative mapping,
3.        3.antenarrative dialogue, and
4.        antenarrative art.

What is antenarrative journaling?It's the practice of regularly setting aside time to reflect on your experiences and noticing those fleeting thoughts and feelings and images that haven't yet formed into coherent stories. you can write freely, draw, draw, or even use music or movement to capture those antenarratives. It's like creating a space for those whispers of stories to emerge, allowing them to surface without judgment or interpretation. And that act of journaling can help bring those antenarratives into conscious awareness, making them more accessible for exploration and understanding.
 
 What about antenarrative mapping?
 
Antenarrative mapping is a technique for visually representing the relationships between those different anti-narratives. You can use diagrams, mind maps, or even physical objects to create a visual representation of the patterns and connections you're noticing.

What is antenarrative dialogue?
It's about engaging in conversations with others with the specific intention of exploring those antenarratives. You can ask open-ended questions, listen deeply to each other's experiences, and really co-create meaning together. It's about using dialogue as a tool for collective sense-making, bringing those whispers of stories into the light of shared understanding.


What is antenarrative art?  

Antenarrative art is a way of using creative expression to explore and communicate those anti-narratives.It could involve painting, sculpting, writing poetry ... So it's about tapping into those nonverbal experiencesintuitive and emotional aspects of those pre-narrative and pre-story experiences, finding creative ways to give them form and expression.


What Does CSI Do?

We offer Basic Certification module in Basics of doing CSI for personal relationships at home and at work. There are four sessions, covering Horsesense, Assertiveness, and Blended Rivers. We do not include hands on work with horses, that is extraa.  For this ertificate you complete basic course modules training youfor CSI one-and-one and CSI group and CSI team training.  You can use this certificate for having better relationships at home and at work. It does not certify you to teach or train our CSI relationship program. Online course at https://truestorytelling.org

If you are interested in enrolling in the Advanced Certificates for Organizational Development and Change (ODC), please click here to review the options.

More Depth on Antenarrative?please click to go to ANTEnarrative site.
"Antenarrative is defined as ‘the fragmented, non-linear, incoherent, collective, unplotted, and pre-narrative speculation, a bet, a proper narrative can be constituted’" (Boje, 2001: 1).

Antenarrative is the space before a coherent narrative emerges. It's the realm of possibility, where stories are fluid and open to interpretation. Here, we explore the potential of tales yet to be told. The theory posits seven "antenarrative-storytelling-processes" (ASPs): Beneath, Before, Bets, Between, Becoming, Beyond, and Being.

These processes highlight the complex and often messy reality of creative work in various fields, such as entrepreneurship and haute cuisine. Antenarrative emphasizes the importance of understanding the unseen and fragmented elements that shape how stories are told and how meaning is made, and it provides a framework for analyzing the interplay between dominant narratives, living stories, and the creative process. By way of introduction, the 7 ASPs are on a temporal dimension of retrospective sensemaking and prospective sensemaking and a second dimension of abstract to ground. All 7 processes are prepatory to constituting fully formed narratives and stories.



The AS"s are associated to the 'FORE' (what is not yet such as fore-structuring and in advance of, such as foresight).
Beneath: Examining underlying assumptions and the material world.
Before: Recognizing the influence of past events and their reinterpretations.
Bets: Exploring various possibilities and making choices about the future.
Being: Acknowledging the existential reality and its interplay with "becoming."
Between: Understanding the interplay of individual, social, corporate, and ecological factors.
Becoming: Embracing the constant change and evolution of situations.
Beyond: Grounding actions in a sense of responsibility and sustainability.
The 7 ANTEnarrative Storytelling Processes are in relationship to the CSI principles.


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What are the True Storytelling Principles? please click to go to True Storytelling Institute site.
True Storytelling Principles"

David Michael Boje

Pioneer in CSI Socio-Economics

Grace Ann Rosile

Pioneer in HorseSense and CSI training

Conversational

Emphasizes dialogue and interactive exchange between cascading D-PIE groups

Storytelling

Uses storytelling as a primary tool for understanding human potential & organizational change

Inquiry

Employs systematic Socio-Economic investigation through cooperative-coordination-consultative action


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