The truth behind successful product development: COMMUNICATION!

The truth behind successful product development: COMMUNICATION! Without it, you will end up with something that is bound to fail. Here are 10 ways to ensure successful communication:

1) Keep asking why
People can say stuff that will sound weird and you may want to just trust the other side that they know what they are doing. This is a mistake. The more you ask, the more you know. Therefore:

2) Make sure you understand
If you can understand, you can communicate it further, maybe in a simpler way. You don’t want to carry on incorrect information, just as you need to be perfectly understood. To that end:

3) Make sure others understand you
Ask someone to sanity check an important email you wrote before it goes out or, in a meeting, ask a random person to repeat to you what you just said. There is little margin for error and since our attention spans are limited, you should:

4) Use as few words as possible
It’s never about quantity, it’s about quality. The quicker you can explain something, the better you understand it. Try to explain reinforced learning in Machine Learning in 1–2 sentences! It’s possible! However, while doing so: