What activity exists because “good businesses do it”?
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The Day I Became a Corporate Talk Translator
Question the business activities everyone repeats, then express their purpose, decision and next action in ordinary language.
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Translate one recurring activity
- Choose one repeated activity
Select a report, meeting or system the business uses because it has always used it.
- State its purpose in ordinary language
Write one sentence explaining the decision or action it’s meant to improve.
- Retain, revise or stop it
Keep it if it creates value, revise it if the purpose is worthwhile but the activity doesn’t support it, or stop it if neither is true.
Write before continuing
Three questions for the business
Use the answers to remove jargon and focus attention on usefulness.
What decision does it improve?
Could the team explain its purpose and next action?
Helpful resources
Translate reporting into useful work
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