Gavin McMahon of Fassforward and Story Business on weekend speak at work: why plain words beat corporate jargon and how clear language helps teams connect.
Gavin McMahon, author, CEO, and co-founder of Fassforward and Story Business, joins The Bliss Business Podcast to explain weekend speak at work: the habit of talking about business the way you would away from it, in short, plain words.
Watch to learn:
• Why most people can only roughly say what the acronyms they use really mean
• The joke exercise Gavin uses to coach leaders who sound like a memo
• How a 5G handoff from engineer to product to marketing to sales shows where stories break
• How AI is being used to read culture in the open-text comments of pulse surveys
• Why Boeing and Fifth Third Bank sit on opposite sides of culture storytelling
• The two stories every leader needs to tell during change
Gavin is also direct about why executives take pride in complexity, and what happens when a whole company agrees to make things a little simpler.
Listen to the full episode: https://www.theblisspodcast.com/building-community-and-connection-in-business-with-gavin-mcmahon/
Guest profile: https://www.theblisspodcast.com/guests/gavin-mcmahon/
Find Gavin on LinkedIn, and learn more about Fassforward and Story Business.