15: Team Jargon

📺 Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/9gIPCgcykEs Dima and Slava talk about effective communication in teams, how bad jargon really is, and what to do with acronyms. PSA: this episode contains a lot of TLAs. * What do we mean by "effective communication"? Precise and uses least possible time to reach mutual understanding "Communicating requires some practice, but just communicating is not a practice" * Communication in and out of the team * 6 examples of corporate jargon you should stop using now (https://www.atlassian.com/blog/teamwork/6-examples-of-business-jargon-you-should-stop-using-now) * Every water park is "best" according to some metric * Source of truth and indicator for turning a pump on and off * PSA: you are entering the TLA land * What's the difference between acronyms and abbreviations? * Style guide from UK Government Digital Service (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/style-guide/a-to-z-of-gov-uk-style) * Slava tries to humiliate Dima checking how good he is with technology abbreviations In the next episode: discussion of "Culture Code" (https://danielcoyle.com/the-culture-code/) by Daniel Coyle.