by Windy Borman | Sep 23, 2026 | B.R.A.V.E. Framework, Executive Storytelling, Expressive Leadership
I’m not going to tell you to post more. I’m going to tell you why I stopped entirely for two months, and why it was the best decision I made for my business this year. For 25-plus years, I’ve produced documentaries, directed two of them, premiered...
by Windy Borman | Sep 17, 2026 | B.R.A.V.E. Framework, Executive Storytelling, Expressive Leadership
Four people attended “Is Your Story B.R.A.V.E.?” live. Even though the room was small, the stakes were high. I didn’t record it, on purpose, so everyone in that room could say the bold thing out loud without wondering who else might hear it later....
by Windy Borman | Sep 9, 2026 | B.R.A.V.E. Framework, Executive Storytelling, Expressive Leadership
In March 2019, I’m standing in front of a sold-out room in Worcester, Massachusetts, after a screening of Mary Janes: The Women of Weed, my documentary on the women building the first billion-dollar industry not dominated by men. A hand goes up. Someone asks...
by Windy Borman | Sep 2, 2026 | B.R.A.V.E. Framework, Executive Storytelling, Expressive Leadership
I was sitting onstage at the One World Film Festival in Ottawa, mic in hand, in front of a few hundred people. Mines Action Canada, a longtime supporter of my documentary The Eyes of Thailand, had flown me up from the US, booked me for CBC radio interviews, and...
by Windy Borman | Aug 26, 2026 | B.R.A.V.E. Framework, Executive Storytelling, Vibrant Leadership
Sometimes you have to build the room you belong in. A few years ago, I convened a panel after the Denver premiere of my documentary, Mary Janes: The Women of Weed. I’d filmed more than 40 women across the country for that film. About ten of them made it to the...
by Windy Borman | Aug 19, 2026 | B.R.A.V.E. Framework, Executive Storytelling, Vibrant Leadership
Most people think a memorable line is about word choice. It’s not. It’s about what happens around it: the pause before, the pause after, and sometimes the pause right in the middle of a sentence, exactly where you need the room to catch up. I spent years...
