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Oct 22, 2026

Earn Your Audience's Attention with SPARK

In the first three minutes, your audience decides how closely to listen. Here’s how to spark their attention, interest, and curiosity.

Michael Shehane
Michael Shehane
Earn Your Audience's Attention with SPARK

Earn Your Audience's Attention with SPARK


Michael Shehane
Michael Shehane

Oct 22, 2026

A Communication Framework for Teams Solving Complex Problems

A Communication Framework for Teams Solving Complex Problems


Michael Shehane
Michael Shehane

Oct 8, 2026

How to Change People's Minds: The Buy-In Ladder

How to Change People's Minds: The Buy-In Ladder


Michael Shehane
Michael Shehane

Sep 29, 2026

Earn Your Audience's Attention with SPARK

In the first three minutes, your audience decides how closely to listen. Here’s how to spark their attention, interest, and curiosity.

Oct 22, 2026

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3 min read

A Communication Framework for Teams Solving Complex Problems

Four kinds of problems, four questions to ask your team, and the communication skills necessary to navigate each one

Oct 8, 2026

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5 min read

How to Change People's Minds: The Buy-In Ladder

Nudge, inspire, influence, persuade, negotiate form a ladder. Knowing which rung you're on decides how you communicate.

Sep 29, 2026

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4 min read

What to Say at Project Kickoff So No One Gets Blamed Later

Why accountability works better as a feedback loop than a virtue, and what to say at the start of a project so no one ends up absorbing the gaps

Sep 22, 2026

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4 min read

Why You Ramble (For Now)

The four stages of learning a domain can be measured in how longwinded you are, and the one move that gets you to the next stage.

Sep 15, 2026

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5 min read

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Hi! My name is Michael.

I work in San Francisco and I inspire leaders to communicate more effectively at work. After years of working with leaders who are shaping the future, I am sharing with you the frameworks, mindsets, and strategies that have helped them engage at a deeper level with their team, with their orgs, and — of course, with themselves.

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