Less is More?
I’m currently reading Less Clutter. Less Noise. by Kem Meyer. (Thanks, Varsha, for sending me this gem. I’m really enjoying it!)
Today, my team and I discussed several of the points she raised in the first part of her book. I really enjoy processing new ideas with my team. Their insights and perspectives are very helpful to my own learning.
Here’s one of the questions from the book Kim raised that we worked on:
“If I evaluated the last three communication pieces I created, how much was simple and succinct? How much was detail overkill?”
Chique (our resident copy editor) had an interesting insight about how Filipino culture plays a role in our tendency to clutter our communication that got me thinking. We do tend to beat around the bush a lot. Me, I think I’ve got comm overkill down to a science. Which is why I’ve got A LOT to learn.
What about you, any communications pieces you worked on recently? Was the piece cluttered or was the message communicated clearly?
