Worth Reading – AI is making journalistic language more repetitive and predictable – and it’s a problem for all of us
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Is there room for calm in your meetings?
Mora’s advice is to slow down, pause after someone finishes speaking, take a breath before coming off mute, and slow your speech.
I think those are great ideas that I plan to spend a little more time on and bring to the meetings I host in order to bring calm to the whole team. But then I started thinking about the many meetings I take part in each week, and how few of them feel anything like that. They ooze anxiety, tension, and focus on “getting through” the agenda at lightning speed before the next meeting comes at us with even more of the same.
They make us feel more distracted and uneasy, not less.
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Worth Reading – Why Starting Networking Conversations Feels Hard (and How to Fix It)
As Greg points out, it’s pretty standard for us to appreciate it when old contacts reach out. I’d add that it’s pretty standard for people at events to enjoy the stranger who tries to welcome them into a conversation rather than ignore them.
Yet most of us go about life depriving people of that enjoyment because we somehow believe they won’t enjoy it.
There’s no evidence of it.
The holidays are a great time for reaching out, by the way. A quick, happy holiday wish can go a long way.
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Worth Reading – Communication Isn’t Part of Your Job. It’s THE Job.
If you’ve felt this way, I encourage you to consider that communication is a skill you can learn. Writing, speaking, presenting, training, etc., are all variations of the basic skill of communication. If you can learn how to articulate your ideas, you will likely find more success in your career. If you’re willing to teach your employees this skill, you’ll get more involvement and better ideas, rather than just hearing from the loudest voices on your team. It’s worth the effort.
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Worth Reading – When Agentic AI Browsers Get Scammed
Perhaps before we rush to let an agent book our travel arrangements, we should take a moment to consider what might happen to our payment information if the agent were to allow it to fall into the hands of a scammer. Because, apparently, they are susceptible to the same fakes that we are.
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