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…
“I wish that we could talk about it… …but there, that’s the problem.” ~James Murphy, LCD Soundsystem Communication is everywhere. We’re not away from it much, if ever. It’s what makes us human. But for as ubiquitous and pervasive communication is, the absence…
Artwork: Hope II by Heather C. Sweeney. Emotions are important to communication. But where to start? There’s about a million possible directions, mountains of research from many fields, hundreds of books (some of them even good!), and tons of advice out there about communication and emotion…
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…
Communication | Good Communication | Relationships
One of things that many people fail to realize about communication is that it’s not just about you. It’s not just about you getting your message across. It’s about the other person too. They get a say. They are part of the process. If you want to communicate well, you have…
It used to bother me when students of mine would say they studied “communications” when they were studying communication. That term — “communications” — invoked feelings similar to that of nails scratching on the chalkboard. After escaping academia, I still hear and…
Big Picture | Communication | Good Communication | Relationships
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…
