In any training that aims to effect change I feel we have to start with the question, why? Why are you a teacher? Why are you a leader? Why do you believe what you do? Why do you want to change? If you look at these questions one can see the answers are essentially the start of a story - so the why gives the story and the story gives the why. In my recent work training educational leaders here in Sweden I have realised the importance of the question why. I use it at the start