As I discussed in my first post, this blog is about translating ideas from my research and teaching in organizational communication to the “real world.” My hope is that these ideas will help others communicate better in the workplace. I am also intending this blog as a great way to keep what I do as a professor and scholar grounded in reality. If I am researching something and can’t explain it in meaningful ways to a non-academic audience, that’s a problem. If I am teaching something and can’t explain it to someone who may not care about the theory behind the action but just wants a solution to a problem, then I need to change the way I am teaching. So this blog is about taking academic ideas and applying them to real world problems in organizations.
I welcome your ideas for future posts and, certainly, any comments that you would like to leave on current or past posts.
