"A Communication Cadence" talks about how good teams are the teams that communicate well -- lots of good practical advice.

1. hi

2. A Communication Cadence

3. The Art of the Team

8. There will be a test.

10. • Do you have a regular 1:1?

11. • Do you have a regular 1:1?
• Do you have a team/staff meeting?

12. • Do you have a regular 1:1?
• Do you have a team/staff meeting?
• Do you have status reports?

13. • Do you have a regular 1:1?
• Do you have a team/staff meeting?
• Do you have status reports?
• Can you comfortably say No to your lead?

14. • Do you have a regular 1:1?
• Do you have a team/staff meeting?
• Do you have status reports?
• Can you comfortably say No to your lead?
• Can you explain the strategy of the company to a
stranger? The state of the business?

15. • Do you have a regular 1:1?
• Do you have a team/staff meeting?
• Do you have status reports?
• Can you comfortably say No to your lead?
• Can you explain the strategy of the company to a
stranger? The state of the business?
• Does the guy/gal in charge regularly stand up in front
of everyone and tell you what he/she is thinking? Are
you buying it?

16. • Do you have a regular 1:1?
• Do you have a team/staff meeting?
• Do you have status reports?
• Can you comfortably say No to your lead?
• Can you explain the strategy of the company to a
stranger? The state of the business?
• Does the guy/gal in charge regularly stand up in front
of everyone and tell you what he/she is thinking? Are
you buying it?
• Do you know what you want to do next? Does your lead?

17. • Do you have a regular 1:1?
• Do you have a team/staff meeting?
• Do you have status reports?
• Can you comfortably say No to your lead?
• Can you explain the strategy of the company to a
stranger? The state of the business?
• Does the guy/gal in charge regularly stand up in front
of everyone and tell you what he/she is thinking? Are
you buying it?
• Do you know what you want to do next? Does your lead?
• Do you have time to be strategic?

19. >10
Sweeeeeeet

20. >10 7-9
Sweeeeeeet A situation

21. >10 7-9 6<
Sweeeeeeet A situation Hmmmmmm

22. ACT 1 :
“The Curse”

28. “The Perfect
System”

29. Strives to reduce chaos because it's
inefficient.

30. Phenomenal bullshit detection.

31. Finds facts because they are data
driven.

32. Willing to take the time to go deep
in order to understand and to solve
the problem completely.

33. Believe there are always rules that
will predict what will come next.

34. Willing to go seemingly insane
lengths for marginal efficiency
improvements.

35. Have a powerful relevancy engine at
our disposal.

36. Loves signal, hates noise

38. and we find none of this to be
work...

42. ACT 2 :
“An Event of
Significance”

43. “The Curse of the
Silicon Valley”

44. Mock Mystery
Disasters

45. • Phil is yelling at Fez.
• We need to let Frank go.
• Marcel, our best engineer, quit.

47. How we’d like it be:

48. X +Y = Z
A person A situation A predictable
outcome

49. +Y = Z
A situation A predictable
outcome

50. +∞ = Z
A predictable
outcome

51. + ∞ = WTF

52. + ∞ = WTF

53. + ∞ = WTF

54. + ∞ = WTF

55. + ∞ = WTF

56. + ∞ = WTF

57. + ∞ = WTF

58. + ∞ = WTF

59. + ∞ = WTF

60. + ∞ = WTF

61. + ∞ = WTF

62. It’s actually worse.

63. The world is noisy.

65. People go crazy;
It’s your fault.

66. The root of
misunderstanding is
a lack of context.

67. Disasters involving
people start...
quietly... simply.

69. • Phil is yelling at Fez.
• We need to let Frank go.
• Marcel, our best engineer, quit.

70. ACT 3 :
“The Cadence”

71. A
Predictable 1
Communication 2
Framework 3

72. • 1:1s
• Staff
• Hallway

73. 1:1

74. 1:1

75. 1:1

76. • Every week.
• No matter what.
• 30 minutes (at least).

77. Assume they have
something to teach
you.

78. • Three prepared points.
• A performance review.
• My current disaster.

79. When you say:
“I’m busy”
I hear:
“That’s not
important to

80. When you say:
“I’m busy”
I hear:
“That’s not
important to

81. Expected Yield?

82. Early warning
system

83. Your job:

84. Your job:
Listen

85. Staff

86. Staff

87. Staff

88. Staff

89. Staff

90. Staff

91. Staff

92. Staff

93. Staff

94. • Every week. On Monday.
• No matter what.
• 60 minutes. 90 is better.

95. ASIDE: Status
Reports

96. Expected Yield?

98. Your job:

99. Your job:
Listen

100. Hallwa

101. Hallwa

102. Hallwa

103. Hallwa

104. Hallwa

105. Hallwa

106. Hallwa

107. Hallwa

108. Hallwa

109. Hallwa

110. Hallwa

111. • Every week.
• Randomly throughout the building.
• Put it in your calendar.

112. You’re
playing the
odds.

113. Practice random
acts of
communication.

114. Expected Yield?

116. Zeitgei
st

117. Your job:

118. Your job:
Listen

119. A
Predictable 1
Communication 2
Framework 3

120. Closing :
“The Point”

122. Your reward for
success...

124. People don’t add
up.

125. Your job:

126. Liste
Your job:
n

127. Liste
Your job:
n
Every

128. Liste
Your job:
n
Every
No matter

129. Thank you.

130. Q&A