& Jay Golden
Retellable
About
Retellable’s Story
One foggy morning in the springtime of 2009, Jay Golden was standing in his garden, holding my newborn daughter in his hands. A deep quiet had fallen over the house, one that lends itself to reflection.
Retellable’s Story
One foggy morning in the springtime of 2009, Jay Golden was standing in his garden, holding my newborn daughter in his hands. A deep quiet had fallen over the house, one that lends itself to reflection.
Jay was 14 years into his journey of navigating the edge of digital revolution. He was there for the beginning of online learning, the beginning of online music videos, the beginning of sustainability media, and the early days of viral videos.
But there in the kitchen, other memories filled his heart: his travels. Making his way from Cusco to Melbourne to Marrakesh. Making friends with travelers all over the world, on long bus rides and in cafes, swapping stories of place, of people, of possibility.
Of challenges sought and found, and the magic discovered on the road.
These stories were a form of commerce, an exchange, guides on great adventures. As he stood there in the garden holding his daughter, Jay had a thought:
The greatest gems of our lives are so often left by the side of the road.
Because we just don’t know what to do with them. Where they fit in the world. Our travels, our losses, our lessons, our great visions, they so often don’t seem to fit in our work, in our leadership, in our enactments of change.
So we leave them, these stories waiting to happen.
In the days that followed, Jay would help leaders — first in the Bay, and then around the world — to rediscover and reshape their most essential insights in order to create needed change in their lives, on their teams, and in the world.
That journey led to a book, and to dozens of world-changing visionaries adopting the Retellable approach themselves.
In fact, it's very possible that, somewhere in the world, one of those stories is being told right now.
About Jay Golden
Storytelling Coach & Keynote Speaker
Jay helps CEOs and innovators reshape their lived experiences to become transformation catalysts for themselves and their organizations.
About Jay Golden
Storytelling Coach & Keynote Speaker
Jay helps CEOs and innovators reshape their lived experiences to become transformation catalysts for themselves and their organizations.
“The key to the future lies in the gems left by the side of the road. We leave them there because we don’t know how the dots connect.”
New times merit new approaches.
That’s why, after a dozen years at the cutting edge of digital storytelling, Jay founded Retellable to focus on what truly drives transformation—helping leaders from Fortune 10 companies to early-stage world-changing startups become master pattern recognizers of their own wisdom.
Rather than simply teaching communication skills, Jay operates at the unique intersection of personal development and strategic business impact—updating the operating system for leaders and teams by recalibrating their insights into an ecosystem of impactful stories. Whether delivered on the big stage addressing thousands, in intimate boardroom conversations, critical fundraising moments, or across social media channels, Jay believes that great stories are media-agnostic because they're fundamentally about bringing ideas to life in the minds and hearts of audiences.
But these leaders don't just learn to tell better stories; they undergo fundamental shifts in how they see themselves and operate in the world.
"This story work helps you discover yourself and integrate, actualizing the threads of your life," says Matthew Upchurch, CEO of Virtuoso Travel. "My work with Jay has helped me refine the way in which I can tell a story that allows people to put themselves in the story and see a path to the future."
Jay's book, Retellable: How Your Essential Stories Unlock Power and Purpose, introduced his Journey Curve framework—a universal approach to crafting transformational stories. His interactive keynotes and Legend Show combine rigorous skill-building technique with TED-style storytelling, where purposeful change becomes collective transformation, and small stories grow into collective insights.