Tag: communication

  • Understood—on the linguistic marvel of Pentecost

    Understood—on the linguistic marvel of Pentecost

    The idea of spontaneous multi-lingual speech amazes us. I worry that we miss the point was understanding not speaking.

  • Do we have too many leaders?

    Do we have too many leaders?

    Is it possible to have too many leaders in an organization? Only if we think of leadership as authority and not initiative.

  • Good News Takes Effort

    Good News Takes Effort

    We all say we want more “good news”. But why don’t we have more of it? Well, it has more to do with selling than value.

  • The Best Review

    The Best Review

    What is the best review I could ever give a thing? What could I say to make you want to encounter that thing too?

  • Triangulation

    Triangulation

    With triangulation, the best thing to do is to avoid it. The second best thing is to get out of the middle of it.

  • Literalism and other intentional misunderstandings

    Literalism and other intentional misunderstandings

    We all outgrow literalism as a thought process. Some want us to stay there, intellectually. And they know why.

  • Building a new creativity ecosystem

    Building a new creativity ecosystem

    We are overloaded with information. Too much coming in from too many places. It’s long past time we fix it.

  • Assuming what Jesus says

    Assuming what Jesus says

    It seems that we read this passage for the words Jesus says and then miss the message he conveys with them.