Communication

topic on 8 shows · 18 statements across 17 episodes

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18 statements about Communication, every show

BIGDEAL Assertion Supported
McDonald: Communicating individuals synchronize brainwaves, increasing with closeness
“Our brainwaves tend to sync up with the people, well, with anyone we're in communication with. So even us right now, our brainwaves are syncing up. And if we were best friends, they would be syncing up even more.”
Emily McDonald Apr 6, 2026 ▶ 3:12 #1 Followed Neuroscientist: Break Your Negative Thinking
Warwick: Higher confidence leads to shorter communication in negotiations
“The more confident you get, the shorter your communication gets.”
Jacob Warwick Mar 15, 2026 ▶ 1:39:52 He's negotiated $1B+ in executive compensation. Here's his playbook. | Jacob Warwick
a16z Assertion Not checkable as stated
Schimpf: Manually piloted military drones cannot scale due to jamming limits
“It's all like manually piloted, but that doesn't really scale. And there presents a lot of limitations on communication, jamming, all these things.”
Brian Schimpf Jan 28, 2025 ▶ 6:19 How AI Is Changing Warfare, with Anduril CEO Brian Schimpf
WTF Insight
Modi: Authentic communication is far more important than formal oratory
“दूसरा मेरा मत है कि भाशन कला औरेटरी उससे भी जानदा महरतपून है कॉम्मिनिकेशन आप कॉम्मिनिकेट कैसे करते हैं”
Narendra Modi Jan 10, 2025 ▶ 24:41 People with The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi x Nikhil Kamath | Episode 6 | By WTF · Nikhil Kamath
BIGDEAL Insight
Voss: Communication and emotional intelligence are perishable skills requiring regular practice
“Without question communication, emotional intelligence is an unlimited skill and a perishable skill. So if you haven't built it. You know, it's like going to the gym. You're not going to be in shape unless you go to the gym. Stop going to the gym. You start sl…”
Chris Voss Jan 2, 2025 ▶ 16:42 FBI Hostage Negotiator: The Art Of Negotiating To Get Everything You Want | Chris Voss
Duhigg: Persuasion Fails Without First Establishing Basic Communication
“Persuasion is a secondary tactic to communication, and unless you get the basic of communication down right, the persuasion is probably not going to work.”
Charles Duhigg Jul 1, 2024 ▶ 33:12 Charles Duhigg- Secrets of Communication (EP.394)
Strong communicators often outpace better executors in career advancement
“I think communication is the one that tends to be the most impactful, and you see this in a lot of ways, right? You see this with people who are poor executors, but incredible communicators, and they seem to continue to rise and rise because, like, you know, t…”
Bangaly Kaba May 26, 2024 ▶ 18:59 Unorthodox frameworks for growing your product, career, and impact | Bangaly Kaba (YT, IG, FB)
Vo: AI will replace functional PM communication, but not influential leadership
“Communication lowercase c I feel like is one of the places that's going to be replaced. You know, there's, and I call it lowercase c is like the functional trading of information That allows other people to do jobs. Like, I think that these language models and…”
Claire Vo Apr 7, 2024 ▶ 1:04:10 Bending the universe in your favor | Claire Vo (LaunchDarkly, Color, Optimizely, ChatPRD)
Abrahams: Striving for connection over perfection frees cognitive bandwidth
“Strive for connection over perfection. By daring to be dull, just get the task done. Just answer the question. Just give the feedback. Just be engaged in the small talk. And by doing that, you dial down the volume of self-evaluation, freeing up resources that …”
Matt Abrahams Mar 31, 2024 ▶ 12:36 How to speak more confidently and persuasively | Matt Abrahams (professor, speaker, author)
Dicks: Being entertaining is the most important requirement in any communication
“Ultimately, no matter what you're doing, whether I am teaching a fifth grader how to behave better, or presenting a new product for a large company, or helping someone deliver in all hands, the first and most important thing you have to be is entertaining. You…”
Matthew Dicks Dec 15, 2023 ▶ 1:17:26 How to tell better stories | Matthew Dicks (Storyworthy)
WE LIVE TO BUILD Assertion Partly supported
Cox: Plant Life Uses Up to 50 'Words' to Communicate
“Plant life has up, like, 50 words that, that they're communicating back and forth with each other. They share resources.”
Ken Cox Nov 21, 2023 ▶ 31:54 He Can Tell Joe Knows Things About Life the Rest of Us Don't
Tobaccowala: Communication is the first thing to break during operational crises
“Cause the thing that starts to happen when things are broken is communication is the first thing to break down.”
Selin Tobaccowala Mar 31, 2023 ▶ 18:18 Let Fires Burn (with Gixo's Selina Tobaccowala)
McAllister: Effective PM communication requires answering first before explaining
“If you just think answer and then explain, or sometimes answer and then shut up, that actually is a tactical thing you can do to get better at communicating.”
Ian McAllister Nov 20, 2022 ▶ 21:56 What it takes to become a top 1% PM | Ian McAllister (Uber, Amazon, Airbnb)
Ridley: Communication and Idea Sharing Drive Innovation More Than Individual Genius
“I think what happens is that people share their ideas, exchange their ideas, collaborate, and what really counts is how well people are communicating with each other, not how clever they are as individuals.”
Matt Ridley Mar 23, 2021 ▶ 13:34 #107 Matt Ridley: Infinite Innovation
The most succinct way to convey an idea is commanding the action
“The most succinct way to communicate an idea is to focus on the action itself. Like, if you command the action, then the action, like a seed, I think there's like a nature metaphor in here somewhere, that the action has the seed of the idea in it, that the act…”
Derek Sivers Jul 21, 2020 ▶ 52:32 #88 Derek Sivers: Innovation Versus Imitation
KNOWLEDGE PROJECT Assertion Not checkable as stated
Iasenza: Almost all couples initially cite communication as their primary problem
“Almost all couples, whether it's, ah, they have sexual issues or other issues, usually will say communication. That's one of people's most favorite presenting descriptions, is they'll say, we need help with communication, which is the general catch-all kind of…”
Suzanne Iasenza Feb 4, 2020 ▶ 3:14 #75 Suzanne Iasenza: Rewriting Relationship Narratives
Iasenza: Couples' communication problems are often failures to negotiate differences
“We're having trouble with differences, so it might not even be communications really the problem. It's that they're not able or they don't have the skills to be able to hear each other out, to be able to then find compromises, which is a big skill in couples.”
Suzanne Iasenza Feb 4, 2020 ▶ 3:45 #75 Suzanne Iasenza: Rewriting Relationship Narratives
Sutherland: Communication Impact Scales With Cost and Difficulty of Transmission
“We instinctively know as human beings that the importance of a communication is proportionate to the cost of its generation and transmission.”
Rory Sutherland May 30, 2017 ▶ 1:24:56 Rory Sutherland: The Psychology of Advertising

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