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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.

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Discussions are like a game of telephone; you're converting idea into language and expecting the recipient to flawlessly translate it back into an idea. (lemm.ee)
submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/showerthoughts
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I can only imagine the difference it would make if instead of telling about your idea you could show it

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

That's why it's key to communication to have the person you're speaking with reform the idea and send it back to you. So you can both agree that you have the same idea.

When it's just one person sending the idea, verbally, or even visibly, and the other person just agrees. You don't know the model they've internalized. It's not until they act, or until they re-explain the idea back to you that you can have confidence you have a mutual understanding.

That's why active communication is so critical. You especially see this in crew resource management

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Agreed. It's often called steelmanning which is the opposite of strawmanning.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/steelman

Thank you, that's a phrase I was not familiar with.

It seems more appropriate for critical analysis rather than communication between peers. But it's a great concept