Business Storytelling for Events, Leadership and Human Connection
Senem delivers inspiring talks on business storytelling for corporate, creative, and cultural events, helping audiences understand how stories shape communication, leadership, identity, and connection. Her sessions explore the practical and emotional power of storytelling, showing how narratives influence the way people think, collaborate, and engage with the world around them. At the centre of every […]
Re-Storying Science
What if the way we tell scientific stories shapes not only our understanding of the world, but the world we create through it? This keynote draws on Senem’s background in academia and storytelling to examine how the stories embedded in scientific language, models, and metaphors actively shape research culture, innovation pathways, and human vitality. Designed […]
Entangled Roots
A one-woman storytelling performance What if your very existence is the result of countless acts of courage—crossings made under oppression, love sustained against the odds, and lives stitched together by fate, loss, and resilience? Entangled Roots is an intimate storytelling performance in which Senem Donatan Mohan weaves the stories of her ancestors—forced to migrate from […]
Performative Storytelling for events
Stories have long been a powerful way to bring people together, mark moments, and create shared meaning in public settings. Senem’s storytelling work for festivals, Stage Events, and corporate gatherings offers a focused and engaging experience that fits naturally within professional programmes. For these events, organisers may invite Senem to select a story from her […]
Interactive Storytelling for children
These storytelling sessions are designed for children from six to twelve years old and invite them to explore the world with curiosity and imagination. Each session begins with a story from a different culture, centred on questions children love to ask, such as “Why do the moon and the sun live in the sky?”, “How […]
Business Events & Public Speaking
Senem’s talks are designed for both business and cultural events, capturing a diverse range of audiences. They are all rooted in a central idea: storytelling shapes how we understand the world. From this starting point, each talk explores the ways stories influence our everyday lives, from how we communicate and connect to how we learn, […]
Creativity as a Strategic Advantage
In an era defined by rapid change, uncertainty, and disruption, creativity is no longer a “nice-to-have”, it is a critical business capability. How have human creative skills evolved, and why do many modern workplaces struggle to access them? What common scientific and cultural myths limit innovation in organizations? What does “thinking outside the box” actually […]
The Fertile Crescent
What happens when ancient myths mirror our most intimate struggles and the past speaks directly to the body we inhabit today? The Fertile Crescent is a one-hour storytelling performance in which Senem Donatan Mohan weaves her autobiographical journey with The Immortality Journey of the Sumerian King Gılgamesh, the earliest surviving written epic in human history. […]
