by talksmartly | Aug 12, 2015 | Culture, Verbal Effectiveness
This week I took part in a conference on change management. As part of our workshop, we were tasked with creating a change initiative, brainstorming a list of stakeholders and their respective receptivity to the change, and creating a communication plan. The team was...
by talksmartly | Jul 12, 2015 | Culture, Perception, Self-Talk
Today as I drove my children to Target listening to Pandora, one of our family’s favorite songs played: ” They ,” by Jem. When my kids were young we had the CD, and as toddlers they would request the song by articulating its baseline: “Play ‘Ba-Ba-Dum.” It had...
by talksmartly | Jun 18, 2015 | Culture, Perception
The “Nest:” the Birthplace of Perception One morning as I went out to work in my flower bed, I found a baby robin hopping about the front yard. The anxious mother I am, I immediately sensed she was in danger and wanted to “save” her by putting her in her nest. In my...