Note to People With Red Pens

Oct 9

redpen[Photo credit: Tamaki]

Here’s the deal for doing great HR communication: Whatever comes off the top of your head isn’t better than what I spent a lot of time writing. Put down that red pen.

Thus spake Frankathustra.

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Frank Roche

Frank started IFRACTAL over 7 years ago with Sarah Chambers. Together, they've created HR communications and HR software for some of the world's leading companies. Frank is also studying Flamenco guitar and origami.

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  1. Furley says:
    October 9, 2009 at 1:11 pm

    Well there’s your problem… you wrote everything in Korean.

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  2. ndslotnick says:
    October 9, 2009 at 3:09 pm

    It’s not Korean…I can’t swear to it, but I think it’s Japanese…

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  3. albert says:
    October 9, 2009 at 4:09 pm

    That’s Japanese!

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  4. Ron Ulrici says:
    October 12, 2009 at 7:37 am

    You’ve got it wrong, Frank… Whatever comes off the top of your head is better than what I spend a lot of time writing.

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  5. Lindsay says:
    October 13, 2009 at 10:42 am

    Oh, how I want to share this with a few select people…..

    Holding back. Not going to do it. But I sooooooooo want to!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you for the vindication! :-D

    Reply

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