A technical person can communicate better with non-technical people by leaving their echo chamber, learning about business and process, and mentoring across different fields. You won't become a CEO, but you'll influence outcomes and relate to more people.
And for someone who, who is really technical, who's looking to learn how to either speak to different audiences who are less technical, do you have any advice for how they can go about doing that?
Yeah, I think first, um, spend time outside of your own echo chamber. So if you're in a technical echo chamber, wander over to a more board-like format or an outside extracurricular. Maybe it's a club, maybe it's a special interest group. But I think getting out of your comfort zone is the only way to grow. So I think that's where I would start. And then also like education, like if you, if you attest to be very technical, what is on your development plan from a people process business knowledge? Not saying you need to go get an MBA if you're 55 and not really having that on your development plan, but you might want to do some sort of crash course or have some sort of experiential learning or get a mentor. that maybe has some skill sets that you don't have. All of those things can help you. Um, it's not going to make you a salesperson if you're not a salesperson. I'm not going to make you a CEO if you are a firm technical leader, but the more you know about the other side of the equation that you are not, the better you can relate, influence, and get to results for whatever you are intending to do.
