Finding ways to apply best practices in one industry to another is a good way to bring perspective to organization and policies. While not immediately evident, communication skills constantly practiced in one industry can have immediate impact when applied in a totally different setting. This week, our discussion video focuses on one example of this. Specifically, what can hospital administrators learn about communication from an orchestra? For your discussion posts, you will identify what you can learn from positive communication experience to bring to your negative communication experiences moving forward.

For your initial post, think about a situation (business or not) in which you believe you communicate skillfully. This can be in family settings, friend settings, when you are trying to get specific goals accomplished or at work. Explain what makes this communication easy for you? Then constrast your "good" communication situation with situations in which you are uncomfortable. These could be times talking to superiors, speaking in public forums, or trying to explain difficult points to a family member. You don't have to go into detail about the situation, but explain what makes communication difficult in the latter situations. Lastly, consider what skills you have in your "good" communication example that can be applied to your "bad" communication example. Explain how you will attempt to proactively practice your good communication skills in all settings in the future, even the uncomfortable ones.