Hasty Treat - Communication Skillz

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about communication — why it’s important, how to improve, building good habits, tools and more!

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Show Notes

3:59 - Why it’s important

• Projects can live or die by the team’s communication
• Project timelines can be disrupted leading to big problems with scheduling

5:53 - How to improve communication skills

• PRACTICE
• Pay attention to what works
• Have a system – standups, weekly meetings, etc.
• Over communicating can be annoying but effective
• Realize that people can’t read your mind, so having your intentions and timelines public and known is important

9:12 - Building good habits

• Need to practice
• Build systems to support new habits

11:04 - Tools we use to communicate

• Email / Standups
• Notion
• GitHub Issues
• Slack
• Missive

Links

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