The agile comms handbook

by Giles Turnbull

How to clearly, creatively work in the open.




Agile comms is a set of techniques to help teams communicate clearly and creatively about work in progress.

It helps you communicate faster and more flexibly, adjusting what you say to changing circumstances.

It helps you use a human tone of voice, and a little creative flair, to get your point across to busy people.




This book explains what agile comms means, and how to start using it.

Genres: Communication

189 pages, Paperback

Published September 5, 2021

Reviews

[Neil Williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

Inspiring stuff, will be shoving this under the noses of many a senior leader to indoctrinate them in what internet-era communication looks like. Really fun to read too. (Disclosure: I worked with Giles at GDS. But this endorsement is genuine, the book is brilliant)

[Massimo Curatella · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderfully written, sharp, concise, smooth, useful.
Every knowledge worker, or maybe any worker: designer, developer, manager, editor, writer, marketer, teacher, researcher, should read and apply, deeply and thoroughly, this book.

[Alex Wilson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Powerfully clear. There’s a core premise to this book: a structure that comms should follow, and then the remainder talks about how to apply it (with examples).

[Dorai Thodla]

Three take aways:

1. Write like you speak
2. Talk about your ideas from an early stage
3. Use a 3 layer approach - the lure, the context layer and the detail layer

I have more notes on some of the ideas I like.

[Simon MacDonald · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great book filled with practice advice on communicating. I'll be able to put a lot of it into use immediately in my day job.

[Chris Downey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice short book that’s very well written with lots of good tips