  The acquisition of complex knowledge and competences raises difficult
challenges for the supporting tools within the corporate environment, which
digital storytelling presents a potential solution. Traditionally, a driving
goal of digital storytelling is the generation of dramatic stories with human
significance, but for learning purposes, the need for drama is complemented by
the requirement of achieving particular learning outcomes. This paper presents
a narrative engine that supports emergent storytelling to support the
development of complex competences in the learning domains of project
management and innovation. The approach is based on the adaptation on the
Fabula model combined with cases representing situated contexts associated to
particular competences. These cases are then triggered to influence the
unfolding of the story such that a learner encounters dramatic points in the
narrative where the associated competences need to be used. In addition to the
description of the approach and corresponding narrative engine, an illustration
is presented of how the competence 'conflict management' influences a story.
