Anna Ong spent 15 years in banking hoping her work would speak for itself. It didn’t. What she learned instead: great ideas don’t win. Great storytellers do.
After leaving banking, Anna couldn’t find a stage for the kind of stories she wanted to tell – raw, vulnerable, real – so she built one. What’s Your Story Slam is now Singapore’s longest-running live storytelling show, and Anna has coached over 300 leaders to tell theirs.
In this conversation, we talk about why she rejects polished TED Talks and humblebrags on her stage, the question she asks every storyteller before they’re allowed to perform (“is this a wound or a scar?”), why she believes everyone has a story worth telling – even if they don’t believe it yet – and what happened when her five-year-old niece said “I love you, good night” for the first time.
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Connect with Anna Ong
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-ong/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@whatsyourstoryslam
Website: https://www.anna-ong.com/
