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The eye of the beholder

Seeing is believing, right? We assume if everyone receives the same message, unaltered, they will come to the same understanding. Of course, in a lot of professional communicators’ experience, that’s not the case. When the feedback is collected, interpretations from the message can be all over the place. Did that mean the message wasn’t communicated…

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Six approaches to drive focus in a communications consultancy

Focus and coherence within a communications consultancy are easily hampered by choosing the wrong work, too eagerly becoming an order taker, systems that don’t flex to meet client needs and myriad other challenges. After six years in business and a few more grey hairs, here are six approaches we have learned to stay sane at the…

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Why Blue Jays President Mark Shapiro is striking out with fans

Mark Shapiro is no doubt good at understanding baseball – but he’s not a modern communicator. Mr. Shapiro was hired late last year as the new Blue Jays President to replace the retiring Paul Beeston. His entry was immediately marked by the departure of GM Alex Anthopolous. The situation wasn’t the best but quite recoverable….

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