For a long time I have reacted to people (athletes, politicians, company heads, artists and general idiots) for making excuses. It becomes so clear that they are more upset of getting caught than understanding what it was in his/hers behavior that was wrong. Generally it’s expressed in the form “I apologize to anyone who got…
Tag: communication
What communication also can be
In my everyday life communication is: “a process by which information is exchanged between individuals through a common system of symbols, signs, or behavior” But I’d say it can be so much more. One thing I personally use it for, and that I try to teach others, is as a catalyst. According to the internet,…
Why?
I’m a one woman company. I am my company. I am my brand. There are many of us out there. What I can’t understand is why you are not open with it. I react to is when one-person companies use plural personal pronouns, as “we” and “us” when talking about themselves. Why? Another thing I…
Note to all
If you are working or will work with me (or if you are currently working with someone like me) remember this: I’m a communicator, who at times (quite often today) uses digital tools and channels to convey my message. BUT it doesn’t mean that I’m the IT-support when that tool/channel doesn’t work. Then you turn…
Expectation management
In communication and especially in change communication, the most important thing to manage, is expectations. This is the fine act of balancing marketing and selling hypes with reality. In parenting this doesn’t happen too often. Simply because there is no one responsible but yourself for the change to come and as human beings we tend…
Coming home
I went to a CSR meeting yesterday. CSR – Corporate Social Responsibility. It was like I found a word for what I, as a communicator always have been about. Transparency and balance. But what hasn’t been the focus of the corporate forces. For me it was like coming home.
Louise Dock 