Category Archives: Teamwork

2 steps to more effective communication

By Dima Malenko | Published: December 14, 2009

I’m reading Garr Reynolds’ “Prezentation Zen” and his points about efficiency of presentations, which can naturally be translated into efficiency of communication, resonated with my mind: The presentation would have been greatly improved if the presenter had simply kept two questions in mind in preparing for the talk: What’s my point? And why does it matter? Now [...]

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Inducing a change

By Dima Malenko | Published: November 17, 2009

I’m currently working on site with client. The other day I had a conversation with one of the project managers and somehow we landed on a topic of inducing a change in organization. Especially, when the change needs to be supported by management and management is not very supportive, because the problem is not very [...]

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Critique is not easy

By Dima Malenko | Published: March 14, 2009

When people communicate they exchange facts, ideas and opinions. When they hear something which is not a sure fact like “At present, Earth orbits the Sun” they will either agree or disagree. As Paul Graham suggests this is a natural behavior. But disagreeing itself is somewhat simple: nothing remains after the conversation except for changed or [...]

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