BACK Out-Loud Drafting By: Michael Chad Hoeppner Published: June 15th, 2023 Typically for Good Talk I write about a story in the news or a theme in […]
The rapid advent of generative AI has lots of professionals pondering what it means for the future of work. Here what we think will—and will NOT—change about human communication.
The NY Times ran a fascinating article recently: apparently, whales and dolphins use vocal fry! In humans, that particular behavior is the source of lots of reductive, overly general feedback. Let's unpack that.
As the old adage goes, “Good artists borrow, great artists steal.” In this instance, you are the communication artist stealing from the masters. What you will notice is that all of these great communicators have some similarities: mastery of vocal variety, incredible transparency, imagery, humor, and more.
Like everything else they touch in our modern lives, phones have changed our relationship to photos. And though I spend most of my time focused on helping people communicate more effectively with words, my phone pickpocket experience made me reflect on how we communicate with images. If a picture is worth a thousand words, how many words are they worth if no one ever looks at them?
Cameras and voice recorders are some of the most valuable tools you have in your arsenal when looking to improve your communication skills: they capture all the metrics you need to improve, they’re offer the most objective perspective, and they can provide a look-back to see how much growth has been achieved.
If you scan your newsfeed or social platforms for more than a moment, you’ll find story after story about frayed attention spans, exhausted work forces, and overwhelmed professionals. Newly invented terms like zoom fatigue and doom scrolling (along with seemingly evergreen ones like burn out) paint a picture of a society of stressed-out zombies who haven’t exercised or eaten well in ages, and who have the attention span of a goldfish.