Welcome to this weeks edition of Baby Boomer Technology – Your Communication Skills

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This is your host, Denise Boomer and Dr. Bee Boomer, welcoming you to this weeks edition of the Baby Boomer Technology on PodcastForBoomers.com.

This week we are talking about – Your Communication Skills.

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Dr. Pentland of M.I.T. has developed software to detect and analyze your communication skills. He uses special smart phones or patches that are filled with receivers. Finding that the results are different from the usual survey is not unusual as most of us have biases when recounting a conversation. So with is unbiased data he can determine if you tend to interrupt others, dominate meetings with monologues or appear inattentive when others are talking.

This data can be used to improve your communication skills by showing your tendencies and you deciding to correct it. This is particularly important if your communication style leads to unproductive workplace dynamics.

What if in the future this software could be used to screen calls on our smart phone? Now that might be handy.

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