It’s Conflict Resolution Week, here in BC. The theme is #LetsTalkItOut. Before we talk, though, better to listen. Right? And with being a really good listener, one understands the others’ story. We become a storyteller, too. Why listen? A large chunk of what we communicate between us is unsaid. This fact tends to get magnified […]
AM-FM: A Formula for High-Context Virtual Communications
October 10, 2014 by · Leave a Comment
With all the time you spend online, wouldn’t it be nice if you could communicate more in ways that don’t leave you feeling that you sold out, stooping to the lowest common denominator? I’m talking to you – high-context communicator. How can you feel more authentic, real, in your virtual communications? The high-context virtual communications […]
Writing tips for storytelling from Billy Wilder
September 9, 2014 by · 2 Comments
Summer is always a good time to vary perspective. On the book front this summer, “Conversations With Wilder“, by Cameron Crowe, offered me some new perspectives on story. Billy Wilder (1906-2002) was a legendary Hollywood movie writer and director. (Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard, Some Like it Hot, The Apartment and many more). Conversations with […]
3 Preconditions for Effective Communications
August 21, 2014 by · Leave a Comment
Ever reached out, across the virtual divide, and found your communications efforts less than stellar? (Yep.) Somehow, the conversation seems to have barely begun, before the scene deteriorates and communications fall apart. Puzzled as to why things unfolded that way? Maybe, the conditions weren’t in-place to begin with, for effective communications to […]
