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AA235 - Changing Your Message: Adaptive vs. Manipulative Communication

AA235 - Changing Your Message: Adaptive vs. Manipulative Communication

Update: 2025-10-28
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When does adapting your communication style cross the line into manipulation? 

Join Product Manager Brian Orlando and Enterprise Business Agility Coach Om Patel as we examine the differences between translation and transformation of messages.

Together, we provide a framework for communicating effectively across audiences without becoming a "slimy shapeshifter."

Discover the three-point integrity test, learn to spot narrative inconsistency, and understand why your reputation depends on what people say when you're NOT in the room!

Watch this episode to hear/see us explore:
• Difference between changing language vs. changing the message
• Spot political operators who weaponize adaptive communication
• 3 patterns of manipulative communicators
• What bosses say when you're not in the room
• How to maintain integrity across different audiences
• The consistency of storytelling

We're exposing the difference between changing language vs. changing the message and discussing how to maintain integrity!

REFERENCES

  • Adam Grant (Think Again), 
  • Kim Scott (Radical Candor), 
  • Amy Cudd (Harvard Research)

#ProductManagement #Leadership #Communication #Integrity #AgileCoaching #ProfessionalDevelopment

stakeholder communication, political operators, credit claiming, blame shifting, managerial integrity, trust building, adaptive communication

LINKS
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@arguingagile
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/362QvYORmtZRKAeTAE57v3
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/agile-podcast/id1568557596
Website: http://arguingagile.com

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AA235 - Changing Your Message: Adaptive vs. Manipulative Communication

AA235 - Changing Your Message: Adaptive vs. Manipulative Communication