Focus on Facilitation Basics for Effective Technical Collaboration
Facilitating technical problems and related assessment tools is difficult because the process is all about data, logic, and application....
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Communicating with FINESSE
"Because the soft skills make the difference"
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Lester Ray Moore
- Jul 24
- 2 min
My Three Favorite Group Effects and How to Mitigate Poor Team Dynamics
Several group effects can arise when teams work through business issues. Synergist organizations work to mitigate poor group dynamics...
JD Solomon
- Jul 17
- 4 min
Five Tips That Effective Facilitators Use to Onboard and Socialize New Team Members
People get promoted, change jobs, move, or change teams in other ways. When this happens, new members often join a team, and these...
JD Solomon
- Jul 6
- 2 min
Why CATER Is a Powerful Mental Model for Improving Team Facilitation
The mental model CATER will help you recall the five ways to improve any form of team facilitation. CATER does two big things necessary...
JD Solomon
- Jul 3
- 2 min
These Two American Statesmen Championed Effective Communication
American statesmen and founding fathers Thomas Jefferson and John Adams valued effective communication and recognized its importance....
JD Solomon
- Jun 20
- 5 min
Improve Team Dynamics by Modifying This One Simple Technique
Fist to five is a simple and effective technique for improving team dynamics and gauging consensus. In this simple method, participants...
JD Solomon
- Jan 24
- 3 min
Why Water Utility Regionalization Requires Effective Communication
Water utility regionalization can take various forms, all of which contain elevated levels of complexity and uncertainty. Getting through...
CWF
- Oct 7, 2022
- 1 min
Communicate with FINESSE by Speaking to Everyone in the Same Way
Many frequently cited quotes are attributed to Albert Einstien, including, "Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler."...
JD Solomon
- Oct 3, 2022
- 1 min
Seven Simple Questions That Empower Communicating with FINESSE
Avoid initial statements and ask questions instead. Keep your questions simple because there is power in a well-placed question. And...
JD Solomon
- Sep 18, 2022
- 2 min
Five Reasons Being An Effective Communicator Helps Your Technical Career
We are all called upon weekly (or daily) to explain or defend our work. As technical professionals, video conferences, interfacing with...
JD Solomon
- Apr 26, 2022
- 2 min
Have You Ever Been Lost? Guiding Graphics Help Navigate Complexity and Uncertainty
Making decisions in situations with high levels of complexity and uncertainty is iterative. The decision maker must understand the...
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