Put everyone in a room, be transparent about the unresolved issues, and don’t leave until you’re done fixing them. And document the new design with clarity and care.

Organisations should actively concern themselves with network-centric questions. Here is a simple primer on organizational network analysis.

You may not know that it took Einstein 14 years to become known the world over. If you’re involved in the communication of science or engineering, here are key lessons to be learnt.

Communication is power, and providing access to communication is one of the key design problems of human development. Technology increases that power; without open access to technology, immense power imbalances emerge.

We’re hard-wired for imitation and hence, limitation. Here are three ways to improve group brainstorming and discussion, taken from our own experience.

When we think of young leaders, we tend to think of young people on the development path to leadership. It’s as if we deliberately ignore the actual, current leadership of young people.

Communication is about your audience, not about you. The responsibility of removing the impediments to your audience falls on you, the communicator, who wants something of value from those you speak to.

Communication builds credibility, which enhances communication, which builds more credibility. It’s an unjust cycle as the credible become even more credible all too easily.

Great engineering design communicates its function without needing an explanation, and this requires empathy and communication with users.

Do you think your work colleagues are forgiving about time? Perhaps, but it's still a tragedy. You might not be sat down, but your audiences can switch off fast.