Joe Pairman
Slides need headlines, not labels
Slides often collect undigested information. Headline sentences drive thinking and action.
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Joe Pairman
Oct 1, 20236 min
Nice Managers Force Priorities
To let your team succeed, setting priorities is so useful, so obvious, and so often neglected.
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Joe Pairman
Aug 1, 20237 min
Communicate nuance clearly (a worked example)
Sometimes you need to convey a complex point in few words. Here’s how I reworked an over-simplistic message to clearly carry nuance.
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Joe Pairman
Apr 1, 202312 min
Robots can juggle words. People should write to think.
f your writing helps people decide and act, and your role's recognized, some tedious tasks will be easier, but your job's not at risk from AI.
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Joe Pairman
Mar 1, 20235 min
Do you want your writing to “be” something or to do something?
Are you writing to fill a page or to change something for your audience?
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Joe Pairman
Nov 1, 20224 min
“It won’t write”: how judges make better decisions, and you can too.
Judges decide by writing their reasons and seeing where they get stuck. Can it work for you too?
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Joe Pairman
Aug 3, 20208 min
Take notes as online help for your creative future self
What do you do with your new ideas? The connections and sparks that pop to mind when you’re in the shower; in a presentation; on a bus....
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