Communication made simple, with José Mota
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
#061 — Storytelling bridges the gap
02 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Why is storytelling such an important skill to have? What makes stories so powerful? No better way than to share a story of my own. Stories bridge the...
#060 — How to build effective slide decks
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Jobs' presentations were incredible. Why? His remarkable presence, his personal brand, and the simple yet strong slide decks made the differ...
#059 — Meaningful practice makes meaningful progress
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Doing the right thing is not the same as doing the thing right. Meaningful practice makes progress. How do we practice? How to prepare for a big onlin...
#058 — Know your voice with paralanguage (part 2)
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The continuation of last week's episode on paralanguage. If you're curious to get the context behind it, check episode 57.
#057 — Know your voice with paralanguage (part 1)
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What makes people want to see TED talks? Usually because speakers that go there have great ideas to share. And what makes them so interesting that peo...
#056 — Use eye contact and proximity to make an impact
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We've been exploring posture and gestures lately. They are incredible resources that take advantage of the visual senses and pairing them with the...
#055 — Gestures amplify your interactions
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Conversation is one of the most spontaneous activities for people to engage in. Everyone loves talking with others, be it an extrovert on a introvert....
#054 — Posture speaks louder than words
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine yourself having a conversation with somebody; a deep one, in fact. The ideas being exchanged require some effort to understand, and they take ...
#053 — 4 tools to leverage visual communication at work
06 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you're part of a product team, chances are that you talk about solving certain problems on a daily basis. Teams who use Scrum, for instance, pl...
#052 — Write masterfully
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Go back to any situation where you had to make a decision with anyone else (maybe your team or a client). Think about the documents you had with you, ...
#051 — Improve your online posture
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
More and more, people come together to watch online webinars, talk to clients in important meetings and attend training workshops. They're more ac...
#050 — Improve your online setup with these 3 essentials
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Before 2020, most people would go to the office and work together. They would gather by the watercooler and chat, have important meetings with clients...
#050 — Natasha Hillsman: How to welcome GenZ into the workplace
07 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Natasha Wellington-Hillsman is a Human Resources Business Partner and Leadership Coach with 25 years of experience in manufacturing and healthcare. He...
#049 — Set the context right with SCQA
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Every time I record a podcast, or sometimes when I have prepare any sort of presentation to my clients or my team, I always use the same procedure: ...
#048 — Prepare your message with MoSMoS
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Good preparation elevates your message, your confidence and your audience's engagement. When you start to develop your idea, you might realize tha...
#047 — Preparation is the cornerstone of good communication
12 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Preparation is a crucial skill to have. While most people praise posture, confidence and tone of voice, only a few appreciate the prep work under a po...
#046 — 5 basic elements of communication
03 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Start 2024 on the right foot! If you want to become a successful communicator, make the difference amongst your peers and leaders, and boost your care...
#045 — The ABCs of communication
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In a military operation, communication is not just important; it can be a matter of life or death. Clear, accurate, and concise communication can be t...
#044 — What is conflict and how to deal with it
07 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Knowing the reasons why certain people take certain positions breaks barriers of potential conflict and increases the quality of collaboration, from c...
#043 — 3 benefits and 6 tips for concise communication
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our workdays are filled with different activities: making decisions, talking about the solutions we're building, building them, planning, writing ...
#042 — Tangible daily progress requires context, planning and informed execution
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Many companies today appreciate the value of doing work in an iterative, incremental fashion. While there are some clear, valid outliers to this claim...
#041 — Criticize privately
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone loves being praised, especially in public. What happens when they're criticized instead? I share my story about what happened to me years...
#040 — Ask good questions with 5W1H
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Knowledge workers thrive in questions. Well, they should! How do you ask good questions? Learn about 5W1H questions and how they open up a conversatio...
#039 — Communicate better with MoSMoS
26 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Good leaders are good communicators. They ensure everyone understands the message and they are given enough room for clarification. When people don...
#038 — Better to make wrong reversible decisions than none at all
20 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Is it better to make the wrong decisions despite the risk of reverting it after some time? The answer is yes and we'll explore the topic in this e...
#037 — Prescriptive vs. descriptive leadership
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Would you rather strictly prescribe work to your teams or open up the game in a descriptive, collaborative setting? Learn about the two styles of lead...
#036 — Product Owner, Scrum Master and Tech Lead are not one person
04 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What if I told you that there are businesses that insist on saving money short term by combining more than one of the roles into a single person, over...
#035 — What does the VIC triangle look like in a product team?
27 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Email [email protected] for a free coaching call. Check episode #31 for an introduction to the VIC triangle. In this episode, I explain the appli...
#034 — What is the role of a product manager?
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Back from PTO! In this episode I explain with some detail what it really means to be a good product manager, and clarifying some typical misunderstand...
#033 — Values over mechanics
26 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If you're a knowledge worker, part of a team that builds digital products or somehow are involved in them, then you must know that there are multi...
#032 — Strategize and plan with ELSPARC
19 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Group coaching series starts Oct 3rd! Get 50% off if you sign up until Aug 12th. Email [email protected] to register. — If you're a solopren...
#031 — The VIC triangle
12 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A successful initiative requires three key components: a visionary, an integrator, and a catalyst/coach. I explain my proposition for this triangle of...
#030 — The Goldilocks principle
05 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Group coaching series starts next fall — 50% off if you sign up before August 12th! Email [email protected] for details and registration. --- Re...
#029 — Growth mindset
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Do you know this proverb that says: "An old dog can't learn new tricks"? I am telling you, that proverb is funny for adult educators lik...
#028 — 6 steps to speak with confidence
21 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When we improve the way we speak, not only it relays information, it also relays emotions like inspiration, motivation, challenge, empathy, and achiev...
#027 — Understanding procrastination #6: Time management
14 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What good does it do to manage time if you don't know the purpose to which you use it? It starts there: your purpose.
#026 — Understanding procrastination #5: Readiness
07 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Waiting for the right conditions doesn't matter. Get to work and celebrate progress over perfection.
#025 — Understanding procrastination #4: Accountability
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Accountability is good on its own, without liability. Understand the difference, leverage it to be more effective and productive.
#024 — Understanding procrastination #3: Motivation
24 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to the entire series on procrastination here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/josemotanet/episodes/022--Understand-procrastination-1-Fe...
#023 — Understanding procrastination #2: Distractions
17 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Oh, distractions. Who doesn't have them in 2023? Life is more exciting than it's ever been, and it's in our best interest to give the righ...
#022 — Understand procrastination #1: Fear and overwhelm
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A new series on procrastination, a very broad topic that is discussed everyday, everywhere, by a lot of different people, more or less of an expert. I...
#021 — Rocks, pebbles and sand
03 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
You have your own jar of things you can fit in a day. Pick the rocks first, then the pebbles and finally the sand.
#020 — Teach before you coach
26 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Much like babies and toddlers, adults go through the same set of stages when learning and growing. Coaches typically engage with clients at different ...
#019 — Start painting products
20 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How can digital products be compared to painting? How close are you to painting a product? Let's take a closer look at how the different steps of ...
#018 — 4 ways to improve time to market by reducing waste
14 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Early and frequent delivery of quality working product is the fundamental principle that improves time to market. Learn four ways to reduce waste and ...
#017 — Transform your interactions with powerful words
03 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Using powerful words have an immensely positive impact, borderline transformative. It will mean the difference between making a person feel apprehensi...
#016 — Bitesize: cycle time
10 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Reverse your relationship with time when building product. Measure how much time it takes to take an idea from backlog to customers instead of how man...
#015 — Agile done wrong #3: Agile has become shallow and discredited
05 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is the third episode of a series called "Agile done wrong", where I discuss how organizational culture and traditional management practices...
#014 — Agile done wrong #2: Estimates are never right
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
PSA: I'm offering a significant discount to a limited amount of clients on my 6-session coaching package. Sign up at https://josemota.net/coaching. Th...
#013 - Agile done wrong #1: Mixing Waterfall and Agile does not work
14 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
PSA: I'm offering a significant discount to a limited amount of clients on my 6-session coaching package. Sign up at https://josemota.net/coaching. Th...
#012 — There is only TODO, WIP and DONE
24 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I'm back after a 2 year hiatus with a controversial topic on managing product value within teams and organizations.
#011 — The three questions
01 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What is the most important quality for a leader? I would say it's the ability to visualize a system or business and its surroundings. In order to thri...
#010 — Modesty in conversation
17 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How do you feel about the way you interact with your colleagues and leaders? Do you listen actively hoping to learn something from them or do you pree...
#009 - Becoming a linchpin
03 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Are you indispensable? Do you stand out from the crowd through your creativity and resolve? Do you challenge routine and expectations others have abou...
#008 — Productive meetings
23 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
José brings the dreaded topic of meetings. How can they be held to a better reputation than they are today? Formal or casual, a meeting requires a go...
#007 — Efficient communication
10 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
José raises discussion about how much communication is too much and how effective it can be through different channels, from tooling to a team's over...
#006 — An example of leadership
30 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A dear friend of José sets an example of kind, friendly leadership that drives people to do their best.
#005 - A tale about self control
19 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, José shares his learning experience when faced with a conflict between several people and their lack of self control.
#004 - Storytelling
11 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever wondered why you resonate with stories that others tell you? José shares his insight and experience on storytelling and why it can be a...
#003 - The sandwich technique
03 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Giving constructive, meaningful feedback requires a thoughtful approach. Promoting success and lending a hand to improve is often overlooked. This epi...
#002 - The way you speak
13 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I tell a story about a passionate person not being able to convey his message across to his supervisor. I also share my insights on how to address oth...
#001 - Introduction
07 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the show! José introduces himself and explains the reasons behind starting the podcast. Have suggestions? Want to participate? Feel free t...