Become a better communicator: Specific frameworks to improve your clarity, influence, and impact
Lenny's Podcast episode, sponsored by WorkOS and Vanta, in which Lenny Rachitsky talks with Wes Kao, co-creator of the altMBA with Seth Godin, co-founder of Maven, and teacher of a popular executive communication course, about specific frameworks for clearer, more influential communication. Kao's starting move is self-audit: if you are not getting the reaction you want, ask how you might be contributing instead of blaming the audience. She warns that the blast radius of a poorly written memo is bigger than people think - one confusing Slack message sends fifteen people off in the wrong direction - and shares her MOO framework, Most Obvious Objection: spending even two minutes anticipating likely objections prevents most blindsiding in meetings. Colleagues describe her as raising the communication quality of entire companies by attaching reasoning and context to every proposal. PARTIAL COVERAGE: this summary highlights core frameworks; the full tactic list from her course discussion is not covered. These are Kao's own methods and views, not independently verified.
Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Lenny's Podcast episode, sponsored by WorkOS and Vanta, in which Lenny Rachitsky talks with Wes Kao, co-creator of the altMBA with Seth Godin, co-founder of Maven, and teacher of a popular executive communication course, about specific frameworks for clearer, more influential communication. Kao's starting move is self-audit: if you are not getting the reaction you want, ask how you might be contributing instead of blaming the audience. She warns that the blast radius of a poorly written memo is bigger than people think - one confusing Slack message sends fifteen people off in the wrong direction - and shares her MOO framework, Most Obvious Objection: spending even two minutes anticipating likely objections prevents most blindsiding in meetings. Colleagues describe her as raising the communication quality of entire companies by attaching reasoning and context to every proposal. PARTIAL COVERAGE: this summary highlights core frameworks; the full tactic list from her course discussion is not covered. These are Kao's own methods and views, not independently verified.