Business Communication Essentials, 8th Ed.
Chapter 3. Planning Business Messages
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"Allow your creativity to "flow" without judgment.
"Your teams assume they're talking about the same thing--until they realize they're not.
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Tamara Kleinberg observes fellow customers complaining to her but not to the customer service agent and asks if your business is experiencing the same phenomenon.
"The idea is to live in the middle of ideas, believing in them enough to take action but not enough so they become too big of an anchor when something better comes along.
"The ability to think through problems to the second, third, and nth order—or what we will call second-order thinking for short—is a powerful tool that great thinkers use to their advantage all the time.
“No problem is too small or too trivial if we can really do something about it.
"Movies are also a great way for leaders to learn about leadership on their own!"
"Here’s a list of my 20 favorite leadership movies, updated with links to purchase the DVD on Amazon.
"Being able to constantly innovate means seeing opportunity and seizing it, but it also means knowing when to let something go.
"When it comes to video editing, you may be wondering what’s the best tool to use.
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"If you're tired of standing in front of your audience and shuffling through slides, you're definitely not alone.
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"Communicating with others is an essential skill in business dealings, family affairs, and romantic relationships.
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"In 1894, a New York Times writer warned against the dangers of riding a bicycle, predicting that it would lead to “weakness of mind, general lunacy and homicidal mania.
"Consider the concept of “Genchi Genbutsu,” a cornerstone of the Toyota Production System.
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"Yet hard as it is for such organizations to innovate, large ones as diverse as Alcoa, the Discovery Group, and NASA’s Ames Research Center are actually doing so.
"Looking for a job where you can challenge yourself and stretch your creative muscles?