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BRIEF Map®

BRIEF Map®

Visual mapping tool to organize information clearly and concisely.

Last updated: October 21, 2024
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Episode 4

Hoping vs. knowing your point got across?

In this week’s episode, I discuss how people often confuse hoping for understanding with actually knowing if their message was received. I provide three key steps to ensure effective communication: making a clear and simple point, asking for feedback or playback from the audience, and connecting the message to what matters to them.

A declassified World War II OSS/CIA field manual shares hidden instructions that guided average citizens to subvert their own employers. Today, it reads like an operating manual for a typical organization.

Links:

OSS Field Manual summary: https://www.businessinsider.com/oss-manual-sabotage-productivity-2015-11

OSS Field Manual: https://thebrieflab.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/oss_simple_sabotage_manual.pdf

 

Do you ever think why people hate getting e-mails and delete them so quickly? In this multi-part series, I get to the root of writing e-mails that are easy to open, read and respond to in a timely manner.

Do you ever think why people hate getting e-mails and delete them so quickly? In this multi-part series, I get to the root of writing e-mails that are easy to open, read and respond to in a timely manner.