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Communicating with technical people

Communicating with technical people

From the course: Managing and Working with a Technical Team for Nontechnical Professionals

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Communicating with technical people

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- Have you ever walked away from a meeting with some technical workers and thought to yourself what the heck was that all about? Well, I know I have. So this is a massive generalization, but there are elements of truth too. There is a perception that communicating with technical people can be difficult. There are some factual realities to this. First of all, your tech teams talk amongst themselves about the stuff that they're working on, so, of course, there will be language that they use which is specific to the topic. A lot of this will naturally evolve into a tech jargon, and as jargons tend to do, it will enter the team's speech more and more as time goes by. What may sound like techno babble to you and me is actually very context-rich to the people using it. There is also the matter of communication styles and preferences. Some of you may have heard of the insights, personality, and communication color spectrum. I think this is a great tool for helping to define how people have…

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