Fixing Workplace Communication, Chapter 01
So, I am writing a book with what some would say is an unrealistic goal: fixing workplace communication. With such a goal in mind, I believe ongoing feedback must be an essential part of the …
The Power of Evolution
This is part of The Writing Playground series, where we use TED Talks as a playground to learn how to make our writing (that’s right: writing!) more impactful. To make the most of this article, …
Communication Chaos
Organizations are strange. Well, organizations are just fictional entities, so one might argue that the people running the organizations are strange. But something in the organizational context makes people think and behave differently. It is …
Natural Structure
This is part of The Writing Playground series, where we use TED Talks as a playground to learn how to make our writing (that’s right: writing!) more impactful. To make the most of this article, …
The Perfect Metaphor
This is part of The Writing Playground series, where we use TED Talks as a playground to learn how to make our writing (that’s right: writing!) more impactful. To make the most of this article, …
BCC magic
Workplace communication is full of problems. You know it; I know it. Most of us accept it, and some try to fix it. With so many problems rooted in culture, technology, and psychology, it is …
Write Like a Photographer
Whether you read this newsletter for the first time or have been reading it since it was launched, you have every reason to think of me as a person of words. This is the medium …
The Perfect Communication Tool
You cannot write about workplace communication without being asked, “So, is email more effective than meetings or the other way around? Or maybe we should replace everything with lightweight Instant Messaging like Slack?” We all …
Let it go
I didn’t plan to write this post. At least not today. I planned to dedicate the first couple of hours of this morning to writing a piece about the role of co-creation in communication. I …
Don’t Let AI Take Over Your Interactions
We humans always prefer to clean up the mess we create instead of avoiding it in the first place. Recycling, for example, seems like a more popular solution than consuming sustainable products. As appealing as …