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Making Delicious Business Communications

Communication lies at the heart of any business. As a draughtsman I quickly had to learn that you must assume the person who was looking at your drawing knew nothing. But want to be communications in business. I was frustrated that they couldn’t understand what I was talking about and they were frustrated that I couldn’t understand what they were talking about.

Many entrepreneurs and leaders will admit that some information needs to be available on a need to know basis to prevent that information from slipping into the hands of the media, competition or enemy. But, what will these new Contemporary Business Communication be? As the saying goes; lose lips sink ships.

There is little doubt that the business world locally, nationally and globally has been forever changed by the information age. You should be conversational (e.g. write using the kind of words you might use if you were having a conversation) but not as though you were having a conversation. I had assumed from the beginning that we were working on one part of the site (the part I thought needed the most work) but the person employing me thought it was another part of the site. Is it true that not everyone can be trusted with information? Many people would agree, some would go so far as to say that humans cannot be trusted with information, but why? Well, information is power and if you power-up those who cannot control their integrity levels or choose not to, then in a way giving them the information makes you an accessory to their actions.

You will be able to see a miniature of whoever you are talking too, watch the body language and get a much better feel for the conversation. In fact I would even go so far as to say that without communication there can be no business. The folks who have the information do not even trust themselves with the Business and Administrative Communication they have because it’s too easy to make a mistake. As a draughtsman I quickly had to learn that you must assume the person who was looking at your drawing knew nothing.