1 Telling Your Company’s Story The EDS Storytelling Program

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Telling Your Company’s StoryThe EDS Storytelling Program

2Telling Your Company’s Story

Began 2005 Post cultural and financial crisis

Needed a simple story to:

• Engage our people

• Energize our business

• Enhance EDS’ position in the marketplace

3Telling Your Company’s Story

Re-igniting Storytelling CultureCreated “The EDS Story”

Told in seven chapters:

1. You are @ the right place @ the right time …

4Telling Your Company’s Story

Re-igniting Storytelling CultureCreated “The EDS Story”

Told in seven chapters:

1. You are @ the right place @ the right time …

2. We see a world that others don’t see …

5Telling Your Company’s Story

Re-igniting Storytelling CultureCreated “The EDS Story”

Told in seven chapters:

1. You are @ the right place @ the right time …

2. We see a world that others don’t see …

3. We’re on a journey to get there …

6Telling Your Company’s Story

Re-igniting Storytelling CultureCreated “The EDS Story”

Told in seven chapters:

1. You are @ the right place @ the right time …

2. We see a world that others don’t see …

3. We’re on a journey to get there …

4. You can believe in tomorrow because we deliver today…

7Telling Your Company’s Story

Re-igniting Storytelling CultureCreated “The EDS Story”

Told in seven chapters:

1. You are @ the right place @ the right time …

2. We see a world that others don’t see …

3. We’re on a journey to get there …

4. You can believe in tomorrow because we deliver today…

5. We’ve got the people to succeed …

8Telling Your Company’s Story

Re-igniting Storytelling CultureCreated “The EDS Story”

Told in seven chapters:

1. You are @ the right place @ the right time …

2. We see a world that others don’t see …

3. We’re on a journey to get there …

4. You can believe in tomorrow because we deliver today…

5. We’ve got the people to succeed …

6. We are focusing on …

9Telling Your Company’s Story

Re-igniting Storytelling CultureCreated “The EDS Story”

Told in seven chapters:

1. You are @ the right place @ the right time …

2. We see a world that others don’t see …

3. We’re on a journey to get there …

4. You can believe in tomorrow because we deliver today…

5. We’ve got the people to succeed …

6. We are focusing on …

7. Seize the opportunity!

10Telling Your Company’s Story

Built Story Around the Premise …

• Made brand relaunch central to the story

• Published 100 stories in six months

• Erected 20 StoryWalls – employee “newsstands”

• Integrated with “The EDS Way” training – reaching 10,000

• Used story to help win business – “cultural sell”

• Counseled companies on storytelling/employee engagement

“Every employee is a storyteller in EDS’ success.”

11Telling Your Company’s Story

Bake in Key Components

• Character of EDS people

• Our proven capabilities

• EDS’ commitment to clients

DNA of Our Stories

EDS’ promise: “We deliver on our commitments so you can deliver on yours.”

12Telling Your Company’s Story

Create the Master Story

Execu

tive

EDSVoice of

the Employee

Org

an

izati

on

Engage and Build

Lead

ers

hip

Engage and Build

Re-engageand Build

Engagement Process

Sustain

EDSVoice of

the Employee

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Re-engageand Build

Create the Living Story

Evolving the Living

Story

Evaluate and Learn

EDSVoice of

the Employee

13Telling Your Company’s Story

Rolling Out the Story Engaged Leaders and Employees

EvaluateAnd Learn

CampfireSessions

LeadershipSessions

Draft Living Story

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Build

Local Story Capture

Local StorySelection

Feature Stories

Story R&D

StoryWalls

Engage

Senior Leaders’ Launch with Master Story

Front-Line Launch

Town Hall Briefings

EmployeeEngagements

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