Helping experts share their know-how & novices to discover it
Dense detail is deadly.
It snuffs out creativity. Because you can’t see the wood for the trees.
What information do you work with? And what do you dump? Which details excite the expert … but may be red-herrings?
Want to cut out dead wood? And streamline the script?
Help experts chop down the detail forest. Here’s how.
There’s plenty of information on platforms and tools to share expertise at scale. But what about the way you communicate? What you actually say or write?
Perhaps you’ve been on the receiving end of an expert video, micro blog or podcast? Gobbledegook that leaves you feeling stupid. Or maybe just irritated.
Or maybe you’ve worked with experts to create content. And lost the will to live along the way.
What’s going on here? [Read more…]
The Curse of Knowledge means we forget what it’s like not to know what we know. (I explain why this happens in the first post in this series.)
But many experts also forget what it felt like not to know what they know. Because the further you move from beginner to expert, the more you forget your own struggles to master your subject.
It’s why experts get frustrated or bewildered when people don’t understand. [Read more…]
Why is interviewing experts so darn hard?
You do your research. Read background materials, check out the expert.
But you’re still in unknown terrain. Navigating unmarked paths and dodging pot holes. Oh, and the occasional road block.
You know you’ve hit rough ground when the expert is surprised you don’t get it. [Read more…]
What happens when you don’t give a hoot? When you don’t care about the subject?
You know what you need from the interview, but it’s hard to spark interest.
The conversation feels lumpy. You don’t nail the core message and ideas.
Instead you think:
Man, this is dull. Why would anyone want to know this stuff? [Read more…]
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