Posted in Collaboration, Communication, People, Reading on January 11th, 2008 No Comments »
This book review is a part of the series on architects’ soft skills.
Most of us will probably feel credible and totally trustworthy at whatever is our specialisation. Because of that you are most likely to have some kind of intuitive understanding about what does what it takes to become trustworthy, but I bet not many […]
Posted in Architecture, Communication, People, Psychology, Reading on December 30th, 2007 No Comments »
Are excellent communicators born or bred? To communicate well you need probably a bit of both, but it turns out that a large part can be learnt.
Genie Laborde, the author Influencing With Integrity, comes from the school of thought that looks at an effective communication process, breaks it down into smaller elements that can be […]
Posted in Communication on January 16th, 2006 Comments Off
“Edward Tufte’s fundamental rule of efficient graphical design is to minimize the ratio of ink-to-data. …
The primary source of extraneous lines in charting graphics today are the 3-D options offered by conventional spreadsheet graphics. …
Pie charts should rarely be used. It is more difficult for the eye to discern the relative size of […]