The Art of Explanation

Explanations are relevant to many aspects of our lives. Think of business presentations, writing essays, interacting with your doctor, job interviews, writing emails, talking to your tradesman and the list goes on.

If done well, explanations can inform, get things done and save you and others lots of time. Good explainers are engaging not just informative. But it’s not so simple. We have all seen ineffective explanations, as well as being guilty of many ourselves.

BBC presenter Ros Atkin...