how to respect yourself in the morning: getting comfortable saying no
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HOW TO RESPECT YOURSELF IN THE MORNING
Larissa Scordato | @larissascordato
Digital Project Management Summit, 2015
getting comfortable with saying no
1. Used to give a negative response 2. Expressing disagreement or contradiction 3. A negative answer or decision 4. Used to indicate that something is quite the
opposite of what is being specified
no /no/ /
over-communication a.k.a. the art of managing an international, remote team of clients and co-workers
Our memory is like the telephone game: Each time we recall an event, our brains
distort it
http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2012/09/your-memory-is-like-the-telephone-game.html
idea ! Why waste project hours to walk a client through a plan they’re perfectly capable of reading?
OMGWTF?! TL;DR About 15% of people read everything you send them (and more!) The rest are like, “K, thanks, bye!”
The biggest communication issue we have boils down to our assumption
that it has already taken place.
https://hbr.org/2011/02/your-communications-may-not-be.html
1. kickoff/goals
2. assumptions/tech/deliverables
3. the initial plan
4. risks and your role
First Date