Sunday 20th October 2024

Topics:

• I was traveling last week so no episode.
• Three forms of communication:
  1. Terse
  2. Verbose
  3. Obfuscation
• Terse is the most optimised form: always use this when communicating with senior leaders.
• Senior people do not have time to parse long-form content, so keep it concise.
• Verbose is fine if you are writing an essay or poetry, but rarely has an application in a business context.
• Avoid verbosity, especially with senior leaders. If you make them work to parse your meaning, you will just annoy them.
• They are time starved.
• Finally, obfuscation is used only when someone is trying to hide something, and won't give a straight answer.
• That form of communication should be avoided at all costs, and senior leaders will see through it.
• Bad news, like all news, should be delivered tersely.
• Just state the facts, and don't obfuscate if you value your career (unless you are a professional politician).
• You will note that my podcasts are terse.
• Long-form podcasts can be great, but who has the time to listen to all of them?
• I respect your time so I keep them short.
• Media I am enjoying this week:
  • Slow Horses seasons 2 to 4.

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