by Chris Fenning | 24 Nov 2021 | Improving technical to business communication, Pitching tech ideas to business decision-makers
Have you ever wanted to get approval for your tech idea? Do you need your manager or an executive to support it? Perhaps you’ve prepared a presentation and you’re gearing up to tell them all about your idea. But have you stopped to consider if your presentation...
by Chris Fenning | 19 Nov 2021 | How to explain specific technologies to business teams, Improving technical to business communication
Kubernetes gets a lot of attention in the tech world. But it is almost completely unknown to anyone in the business world. This situation isn’t unusual. Technology is moving so fast the business teams are less and less familiar with systems they rely on. This makes it...
by Chris Fenning | 17 Nov 2021 | Fundamental communication skills, Make things relevant
Relevance is the first thing to consider when communicating with business teams (read more about the Four steps to communicating with business teams). If a message isn’t relevant to the audience it doesn’t matter how relatable, simple or jargon free it is. Irrelevant...
by Chris Fenning | 10 Nov 2021 | Improving technical to business communication, Pitching tech ideas to business decision-makers
Machine learning projects are high profile, but the tech is still new and still evolving. That makes business decision makers nervous. If you have a machine learning project idea here are three tips to get your machine learning project approved. Avoid confusing the...
by Chris Fenning | 9 Nov 2021 | Improving technical to business communication, Pitching tech ideas to business decision-makers
Do you want manager support for your idea? Then answer these 5 questions when you ask for their buy in. You have a great idea to improve something at work and now all you need is your manager or an executive to support it. This is where the difficulty lies –...
