Friends, subscribers, fellow humans, We’ve reached a pause. One year. What a year. I came up with this idea for sharing weekly content in late summer/early fall of 2019. I didn’t see anyone talking about communication as I was envisioning and I was looking for an outlet. I wanted to write…
Communication hides in plain sight. Right there in front of you. Many behaviors we perform throughout our day can be thought of as communication. Talk to a store clerk? That’s communication. Exchange some texts with a friend or sibling? You’re communicating. A work meeting to talk about…
Everyone wants to communicate better. But how? Where to start? Communication is weird. It can be wild. It’s difficult to do well, and is often harder than you think. I’ve talked about what “good” communication is. The ideal of good communication is something to strive for, but…
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People want good communication. Things are better when communication is good. There are lots of ways to improve communication. But first, we have to consider what “good communication” is: “How do we get to good communication?” is one question. “What is good communication?”…
Before I can go any further, we have to talk about what communication is. Let’s start with a definition. I know, BO-RING. But definitions matter. Definitions shape how we see things. They orient us, point us in directions, and help us ask the right questions. For example, how a company defines…
When it comes to communication, it is hard to know where to start. There are lots of reasons why communication does or doesn’t work. Everyone communicates differently. For this reason, we all experience communication uniquely. You might be thinking: Communication is easy. Everyone does…
