Dave Morris · The Impossible Curriculum

When Friction Is Translation

Some difficult moments are not resistance or poor communication; they are translation costs between different ways of knowing.

Some difficult moments are not resistance or poor communication; they are translation costs between different ways of thinking.

The room says it wants honesty.

Everyone has permission to speak. The agenda has a discussion section. The leader has said, clearly and kindly, that all views are welcome.

Still, the room has a preferred language.

Fast comments land better than slow ones.

Confident answers travel further than half-formed ones.

People who think while speaking look engaged.

People who think before speaking look absent until the meeting has moved on.