Using Adjectives to Define a Project

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Pete Cashmore: Describing words are very interesting cues for us to understand the way people see the world. He says a project that had stalled for six months got resolved within a month, because the group was honest in describing what they were struggling with. "What color does it feel like? If this was a drink, what kind of drink would it be?" he asks. 'If it was an animal,. what kind of animal would it be? What kind of movie would it be?' People make sense of it much faster because they feel safe describing that movie, that color, that animal, but they don't find it as safe to describe their own feelings and emotions in that context

Oscar Trimboli explores the science behind listening–and how you can become great at it.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The difference between a good listener and a great one

2) How to get into the great listening mindset

3) The one question that will cut your meetings in half

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— ABOUT OSCAR —

Oscar Trimboli is an author, host of the Apple award-winning podcast Deep Listening and a sought-after keynote speaker. Along with the Deep Listening Ambassador Community, he is on a quest to create 100 million deep listeners in the workplace.

He is the author of How to Listen - Discover the Hidden Key to Better Communication - the most comprehensive book about listening in the workplace, Deep Listening - Impact beyond words and Breakthroughs: How to Confront Assumptions. We adapted our previous episode with Oscar into the LinkedIn Learning course called How to Resolve Conflict and Boost Productivity through Deep Listening.

Oscar is a marketing and technology industry veteran working for Microsoft, PeopleSoft, Polycom, and Vodafone. He consults with organizations including American Express, AstraZeneca, Cisco, Google, HSBC, IAG, Montblanc, PwC, Salesforce, Sanofi, SAP, and Siemens.

Oscar loves afternoon walks with his wife, Jennie, and their dog Kilimanjaro. On the weekends, you will find him playing Lego with one or all his four grandchildren.

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• Book: The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook by Neil Ferguson

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