Sign posting: How to reduce cognitive load for your reader

newsletter.weskao.com · 1,480 words · saved by 3 readers

👋 Hey, it’s Wes. Welcome to my weekly newsletter on managing up, driving growth, and standing out as a high performer. Apply to work with me 1:1 for executive coaching, or book me for a keynote to speak with your team about managing up, rigorous thinking, and modern business writing. Fill out this form. In this week’s newsletter, you’ll learn a simple writing technique that will make your messages easier to skim and more fun to read. What is sign posting? List of my favorite sign posting words When sign posting is most valuable Read time: 5 minutes As knowledge workers, we spend an enormous amount of time communicating. This is why I believe one of the most thoughtful, selfless things you can do on a daily basis is reduce cognitive load in your writing. Your recipient shouldn’t have to decipher, guess, ask, follow up, parse through, or clarify what you meant because you sent a poorly-written Slack message. Writing clearly is even higher stakes for longer memos where you have multiple

👋 Hey, it’s Wes. Welcome to my weekly newsletter on managing up, driving growth, and standing out as a high performer. ⛑️ If you want to dramatically improve your ability to write clearly and concisely, check out my intensive 2-day course: Executive Communication & Influence for Senior ICs and Managers. You’ll learn alongside mid-career operators from Netflix, Stripe, Uber, Shopify, Meta, Amazon, Figma, Anthropic, etc. → Save your spot In this week’s newsletter, you’ll learn a simple writing technique that will make your messages easier to skim and more fun to read. What is signposting?…

Sign posting: How to reduce cognitive load for your reader

saved by

related reading