He's my oldest colleague, by turns my arch rival and closest ally, my pal and pool partner and an uncle to my daughter. In the latest edition of his podcast, Creative Conversations, Steve Crescenzo and I reminisce about our sketchy careers, the meaning of employee communication, writing and communication technology.
I’m sorry, but at 5:10 or so does Steve burp?
I think you should change your blog name from Writing Boots to “I Blog Because I’m lonely.”
David – I’m posting the same comment here that I did on Steve’s site – equal opportunity, and all that!
This was an interesting podcast for me.
Of course I loved the humor and the camraderie between you and David. It was fun to hear the two of you sparring.
But when David made the comment about blogging because he was lonely, that really made me think.
The world has become a difficult, demanding and sometimes very scary place. As well, our society has evolved away from extended families. Instead, many of us go through our days actually interacting with very few people compared to the previous generation.
So, I think it was a very insightful comment David made. Many of us are starved for actual connections with other human beings. And that offers such an opportunity for communicators.
The ability to truly connect with other people using words is, as you noted, becoming something of a dying art. But the situations happening all over the world are testament to what happens when people can’t communicate with one another – it’s not good.
Plus, I think most people want more genuine connections with others than they have, even if they don’t realize it. Human beings are social creatures.
So, speaking for myself, I think that the future of employee communications (or any type of communications for that matter) is really dependent on how well we can continue to connect with others. The world can be a very disappointing place, and having connections with other people is, I think, about the only thing that has a hope of keeping us from destroying ourselves the whole ball of wax.
I guess that means employee communicators are going to save the world. . . hmmmm, then shouldn’t we get, like superhero tights, or a three-picture deal, or something?
Someone should really get on that!
Eileen:
That was most certainly not a burp. If anything, it was a hiccup. Beer makes me hiccup sometimes.
But a burp? Moi? Please.
Steve C.
Eileen:
That was most certainly not a burp. If anything, it was a hiccup. Beer makes me hiccup sometimes.
But a burp? Moi? Please.
Steve C.