Practical Tips for Communicating System Redundancy
Tolerating failure only works when you confirm that the redundancy works.
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JD Solomon
Sep 275 min read
Three Reasons a Trusted Advisor Should Not Care about the Decision
Where most advisors lose the "trust" in "trusted advisor" is when they mix the roles of “advisor” with “decision maker.”
JD Solomon
Aug 112 min read
Ten Things You Might Hear An Ineffective Communicator Say About Senior Management
Improving our communication skills makes us better technical professionals and respected trusted advisors.
JD Solomon
Jul 223 min read
Six Ways Soft Skills Matter When Presenting Technical Information to Senior Management
Think about it the next time you do a presentation – are you leaving 75% in the tank?
JD Solomon
Jul 153 min read
Trump Assassination Attempt Provides Example of Essential Visuals for Communicating with FINESSE
The Trump assassination attempt provides several good examples related to the FINESSE fishbone diagram and the I in FINESSE.
JD Solomon
Jun 125 min read
Looking for a Better Way to Develop Business Presentations?
Business presentations consume our more productive time, our work-life balance suffers, and we often don't get the recognition we deserve.
CWF
May 224 min read
Empower Your PFAS Communication with Advice from US Mayors
Join Communicating with FINESSE for May’s free webinar, "Communicating PFAS and Other Contaminants of Concern," on Thursday, May 30, 2024.
JD Solomon
Apr 94 min read
Is Senior Management Falling Asleep? How to Concisely Communicate Reliability Assessments
The systems thinking required to conduct a reliability assessment is not easily put into words. However, great communicators have found...
JD Solomon
Mar 56 min read
So, You’ve Been Asked to Lead a Reliability Assessment
Assessing critical infrastructure and facilities is essential for maintaining performance as systems age. Mid-level engineers are...
JD Solomon
Feb 273 min read
Intergenerational Communication: Overcoming 1 of 3 Barriers to Workplace Success
Young professionals (under 40) make up nearly half of the workforce. That means communication between young professionals and experienced...
JD Solomon
Feb 123 min read
Great Facilitators Anticipate Trouble: On Zoom-Bomb, PowerPoint, and Technology Misfires
Great facilitators anticipate trouble when guiding groups. We normally consider conflict between the participants as the most likely...
JD Solomon
Feb 64 min read
How to Communicate the Challenges of Asset Management to Leadership
This article lays the foundation for communicating the challenges of asset management. We discuss what asset management is and the top...
JD Solomon
Jan 53 min read
5 Tips to Improve Facilitation of Asset Management Plans
This short article provides five tips to improve the facilitation of strategic asset management plans. The bottom line is you need a...
JD Solomon
Nov 4, 20233 min read
Choosing the Right Prioritization Approach Enables Effective Communication
Deciding what is most important can be difficult. Deciding what is most important as a group is usually difficult and frustrating....
Lester Ray Moore
Oct 31, 20233 min read
5 Visuals to Use with Caution When Communicating to Senior Management
Scatter diagrams, matrices, histograms, pie charts, and box and whiskers diagrams are included in "graphics to use with caution" when...
Lester Ray Moore
Oct 15, 20231 min read
Six Essential Visuals for Effective Technical Communication
Decision makers will give you about 10 minutes of attention. You do not have the time to explain complex visuals. Keep it concise with...
JD Solomon
Sep 20, 20233 min read
Five Key Enablers for Engineers to Be Effective Communicators
These are the five key enablers for engineers to be effective communicators. Like a chain, these enablers are only as strong as the...
Lester Ray Moore
Sep 6, 20231 min read
Effective Communication: Be Concise
An Example In the end, the sign said simply ‘John Thompson’ with a picture of a hat. Conciseness Conciseness involves conveying...
Lester Ray Moore
Aug 28, 20232 min read
Effective Communication: You Get One Shot at Professional Credibility
It's easy to get caught in the trap of giving your audience what they want. The trouble is that big, strategic decisions are ripe with...
Lester Ray Moore
Aug 21, 20231 min read
Effective Communication: Why the Burden is on the Message Sender
The burden is on the message sender, not the receiver when it comes to effective communication. This is especially true when it comes to...
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