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JD Solomon
- Jan 4
- 3 min
How Communicating with FINESSE Empowers Effective Communication
On January 4, 2023, I got to provide the kick-off guest lecture for a graduate class at Auburn University. The course is part of a...
JD Solomon
- Nov 21, 2022
- 6 min
How to Improve Your Communication of Probability to Senior Management
The Chance of Rain Most people do not understand what the chance of rain means. Some believe it means it will rain "30% of the day,"...
JD Solomon
- Nov 10, 2022
- 3 min
Facilitation Lessons Learned: One Board, Four Board Retreats, and Four Formats
Facilitators seldom have the opportunity to use four formats with the same board of directors for four consecutive years. Blame it on...
JD Solomon
- Oct 26, 2022
- 2 min
Telling Your Story Produces Relaxed Communication, Effective Technical Presentations
As trusted advisors, technical professionals stand on the data first. Telling the story of the data overpowers most of our communication...
CWF
- Oct 21, 2022
- 1 min
Know What You Are Talking About
Epictetus was a Greek philosopher who was born into slavery. He believed all external events are beyond our control. Epictetus believed...
JD Solomon
- Oct 18, 2022
- 3 min
Three Things Every Trusted Advisor Should Know to Communicate with FINESSE
Making a decision requires an irrevocable allocation of resources. In a world full of complexity and uncertainty, decision makers turn to...
JD Solomon
- Oct 12, 2022
- 2 min
How to Force Uncertainty to Respond (and Improve Communication)
Communicating strategic decisions is a long game. And the long game consists of complexity (many interrelated parts) and uncertainty (not...
JD Solomon
- Oct 10, 2022
- 2 min
A Classic Example of Public Speaking, Noise Reduction, and The Three-Act Structure
I was pleasantly surprised to find a great example of the three-act structure at a recent Young Professional forum where I was speaking....
JD Solomon
- Oct 6, 2022
- 3 min
Possibly the Worst PowerPoint Slide I Have Ever Seen
Well, maybe not the absolute worst because I have seen some bad ones. But this one is in the Top 10. Good Intentions This slide was part...
JD Solomon
- Sep 30, 2022
- 2 min
Replace “You” with “We” in Your Presentations
Listen closely the next time a technical specialist or a self-proclaimed expert delivers a presentation. The chances are good that they...
JD Solomon
- Sep 27, 2022
- 2 min
Improve Your Communication of Rare Events Before They Happen
Low-likelihood, high-consequence (“rare”) events present special challenges for effective communication. Pre-event plans are often well...
JD Solomon
- Sep 26, 2022
- 2 min
Three Indicators of a Rare Event to Help Your Communication Strategy
The high-consequence, low-likelihood nature of rare events makes them unexpectedly and disproportionately impactful. Rare events can...
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
- Sep 12, 2022
- 4 min
Risk Matrices Fail Because You Fail to Communicate Effectively
The consequence/likelihood matrix (also referred to as a risk matrix or heat map) is a way to display risks according to their...
JD Solomon
- Sep 10, 2022
- 1 min
The Top 5 Sites For Evaluating (and Communicating) Hurricane Risks
Understanding your risks relative to an uncertain future usually involves some type of model. When it comes to uncertainty, forecasts,...
John Parker
- Sep 7, 2022
- 2 min
Your Career Will Rise or Fall on These 3 Tips for Communicating with Senior Executives
Having a conversation or presenting to senior-level executives and acquiring their time to do so can be very difficult. I would like to...
JD Solomon
- Sep 6, 2022
- 4 min
Communicating Inflation and Escalation Will Make or Break Your Career
Current project managers and decision makers have not grown up in an era of rising construction escalation and economic inflation. The...
JD Solomon
- Sep 2, 2022
- 3 min
Communicate Your Results at the Beginning of Your Business Presentation
Start with the conclusion. No build-up. No grand reveal. No details. Simply and concisely state the conclusion. This is the message that...
JD Solomon
- Aug 30, 2022
- 1 min
Guest Articles on Communicating with FINESSE in August
Check out the great insights on communicating technical information to decision makers from the Communicating with FINESSE community. ...
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