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I recently received an AI presentation from a client. “As you can see,” they said, “the colors are off, and the design needs work to make it look more on brand.” I did see that, but something more important was missing, lingering below the surface.  The facts were there, but there was nothing to pull me in, nothing to captivate. No story. Storytelling is one of the foundational tenets of human nature. You can get away with creating a presentation based on data alone, but if t

Plus a free Fast & Effective Email Checklist Nine seconds. That’s how much time the average person spends reading an email . However, email remains a primary means of communication in the workplace. When you don’t have a lot of time to get your point across before the reader moves on, writing the perfect email that actually gets a quick and meaningful response can be a huge time suck for many professionals.    The prevailing advice is to “be clear and concise.” But what does

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