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Explaining Technical Work to Your Non-Technical Leaders with Chris Fenning, Author

November 9, 2026 · 37 min

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What if the hardest part of a technical project isn't the technology, but making the people who fund it understand why it matters? Today, we're talking to Chris Fenning, author of The First Minute and a communication coach who started out as an aerospace engineer. We explore why translating technical complexity into language that stakeholders care about is a core leadership skill, how a simple three-part model can reshape a message for a non-technical audience, and what it takes to find an analogy that makes a complicated idea click across a company.


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