Just Saying - The BRIEF Lab

Just Saying - The BRIEF Lab


Latest Episodes

Ep. 377 – You’re speaking dolphin
August 31, 2025

We can speak very different languages, from finance, tech and science to logistics, legal and engineering. What are some simple ways to increase your awareness and avoid common tendencies to talk past

Ep. 376 – What’s the cost of confusion?
August 18, 2025

Whats the return on investment (ROI) if your organization is filled with clear communicators? In a recent conversation with a business consultant, I was challenged to measure it mainly in time saving

Ep. 375 – Defining your communication preference (no more guessing)
August 10, 2025

As new leaders step into new roles, many of them fail to help their subordinates understand the best way to communicate with them. Rather, they let vague assertions, false assumptions and ongoing tria

Ep. 374 – BRIEF Team Builder: a new annual subscription service
July 27, 2025

If you want to become a clear and concise communicator, getting your extended team to commit would go a long way. After more than a decade of teaching our BRIEF system, we have introduced an annual su

Ep. 373 – What’s your signal-to-noise ratio?
July 14, 2025

According to Shark Tanks and entrepreneur Kevin OLeary, Steve Jobs and Elon Musk had incredibly high signal-to-noise ratios. In other words, they could maintain high levels of clarity without succ

Call Back Episode – 209 Tech Timeouts
June 23, 2025

Call Back Episode 209: Tech Timeouts, originally recordedon October18, 2021. When you are always on, that means youre never off. Living in a 24/7 world of pervasive connectivity, we are challenged

Ep. 372 – You’re better left alone
June 08, 2025

A 1980s self-help guru predicted that if you go into the silence for 30-60 minutes, you will get clarity 100% of the time. In an environment that doesnt allow even a few minutes alone, we may find

Ep. 371 – Meeting participants (and potted plants)
May 27, 2025

Think about being in a meeting and seeing someone who has no vital role and nothing to say. They just fill a chair and add no immediate value. Like a potted plant, they may be there to fill a space. I

Ep. 370 – Making key conversations count (the 6 T’s)
May 18, 2025

Whether its an important conversation or a very difficult one, we need to be ready. In this weeks episode, I will walk you through six different considerations to put you in a frame of mind that imp

Ep. 369 – You’re all over the place
May 06, 2025

Watching someone communicate with no purpose and no plan is brutal. Its like seeing a poor farmer scatter seed blindly into the wind. If this is how you show up, its going to take a toll. Many peopl