Too Clear?

No audience will ever complain for you being “too clear” as a #communicator.

Intensive times today up at the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge.

Since 2011, I’ve been a frequent guest speaker and coach for the Laing O'Rourke Construction Engineering Masters Programme.

As a former Oxford historian, it’s a privilege and a relationship I particularly appreciate!

Joining me in the audience this afternoon were three Cambridge academic faculty, for us to review participants’ presentations for the end-of-programme conference this Friday.

As I looked around, there was no shortage of intellectual horsepower in the room.

Yet tellingly… feedback often centred on the need for slides and voiceover to be clearer, simpler and/or shorter - not more complex.

Proof if any were needed…

That no matter how literate, senior, experienced, smart or analytical your audience, clarity is key.