Define Your Terms

Why we need to be clear about our nomenclature.

Before you can start to collaborate effectively, everyone needs to be on the same page. That generally means a shared understanding of the problem at hand, the tools at your disposal, and the vision for where you're headed. However, there is often a step missing: ensuring everyone is using the same definitions for the terminology.

Terms, metrics, acronyms, buzzwords - they can all have different meanings to different people given their background and experience. Level-setting these on the front-end ensures everyone is speaking the same language before the real work begins.

So, while often overlooked, taking the time to define terms to created shared understanding is a critical first step in collaboration.

(Hat tip to Voltaire)

Thanks for spending time with me in my workshop,

Eric