Written Communications: "If You Can Read This, You're In Trouble"
By: Rod Lacey Sunstone HR (Human Resource Consulting) There are many measurements of time, one of the shortest being the nano-second. There is a new time metric that has been defined as the “ ohno-second ”, or the time between when you click “Send” and you realize that you’ve just made a huge mistake. Maybe you’ve ‘replied to all’ by accident, or sent confidential information to the wrong “John.” Carved In Stone One of my favorite activities on a vacation is to look for ancient petroglyphs. These carvings in rocks have lasted hundreds or even thousands of years. What was written long ago still exists today. We may not understand the meaning or original intent, but those images and once-important stories are on track to last forever. With the current, heavy reliance on written communications in business, and the ease that has been created by text, email, social media and instant messaging, the face-to-face conversations are slowly losing...