Spending a day in Hot-lanta, Why We Are ‘Slack-splaining’, and ASOTU CON Speaker Notes

The Automotive Troublemaker w/ Paul J Daly and Kyle Mountsier

It’s a good day for ASOTU because we get to spend some time on the ground and in the dirt of a real-live dealership! We’re also talking about why we’re spending so much time ‘slack-splaining’ and what we can do to fix that. Finally, we’re announcing our first speaker for ASOTU CON in September.

• Jim Mckelvey will be our featured keynote speaker at ASOTU CON
• Are we losing more time than it’s worth ‘slack-splaining’?
  • Our brains are hardwired to assume the negative.
  • A survey by the communication platform Loom of more than 3,000 office workers found that 91% have had digital messages misunderstood or misinterpreted at work, and for 20%, the misinterpretation has caused them to get reprimanded, demoted, or even fired.
  • Research from Grammarly and The Harris Poll found that employees spend nearly half of their workweek on written communication alone.
  • “The shift to a more fragmented, dispersed workplace has exacerbated these challenges. As we work more asynchronously and across more channels and systems, this creates more opportunities for miscommunication
  • Rereading or overthinking email and instant messages is taking time and impacting productivity. The same is true of having to resolve confusion after a misunderstanding or miscommunication over a digital platform. In the Grammarly poll, 76% of business leaders agree that they and their teams spend too much time and energy resolving miscommunications.
  • …”An overreliance on emojis in the place of actual content can come off as unprofessional, disingenuous, or even juvenile. It takes time and careful observation of cultural norms within teams and organizations to find that sweet spot where they’re truly useful.”
  • Take away: Make calling or video conferencing a much earlier option to save time AND relationships

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Hosts: Paul J Daly and Kyle Mountsier
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