The Kitchen 56 - Podcast 01

Have I ever mentioned how much we love podcasting? I mean it’s like we finally get to say what’s on our minds. No matter how wild we get to talk about it! It also dawns an incredible responsibility to facilitate an objective conversation about subjective topics.

It becomes an incredibly daunting task when we do have a cut of the week we know is “trash.” Because my first reaction is to point out all the negatives. That’s because I’m a perfectionist on my own work. I end up poking holes in my projects multiple times before they go out. But, I have to realize this isn’t me. This may be someone’s heart I’m criticizing/critiquing and that is a heavy responsibility we don’t take lightly. All that being said it’s an incredible ride every time!

 -B

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S.I.C Behind the scenes - The Kitchen 54

Tonight is a good night. Back on the show we have Dominique McClellan. Last time he was on the show we only got a taste of the story about his new short film Silence Is Compliance. This time however the filming is done and we’ve had a few short clips hit the web. So, now we can talk about everything. So that’s what you’ll see on the show.  

So tonight starts with Art and myself both sick as dogs. (You’ll hear the way i sound on the show lol.) But, the show must go on! Lol. Of course we knew Dominiqiue was coming but I had this wild craving for a cupcake. So, we drove up to Sugar Love Bakery, because their cupcakes and cakes are always on point!!! Lol. However, they were closed. So we settled for Walmart. LAWD, for some reason I just needed a cupcake. Now we were thoroughly equipped with some sweet cup shaped cakes we headed back to the apartment to prepare to record the show. Of course Mr. Broadcast was fashionably late minus the fashion, haha. (I’m just being petty mentioning that lol) at this point I knew it was going to be a great podcast. I could feel the vibe in the air. Dominiqiue took the wrong exit and ended up in Mississippi. He was only about 5 minutes after Mr Broadcast. We popped a few beers and bottle of Hennessy. We were ready to begin!!! 

 ”Welcome back to the kitchen you are here with Team MAD Rational...” 

-B

Assumptions and Expectations 101 - Lenny Kravitz

With the struggles this nation has been working through lately, we’ve been thinking about how we can go about figuring out what problems need to be addressed. One issue that seems to creep up as the underlying cause of so many problems is the quality of our modern communicating, and the amount of issues that come from the miscommunications that appear.

It is far too easy to assume your audience has a similar bank of information stored in their memory that you do, and thus it could be logical to expect someone to follow your point of view in a conversation.

For an entirely obscure example, let’s step into a conversation about singer, songwriter, actor, record producer, Lenny Kravitz:
If during this A and B conversation, A were to say

“Lenny Kravitz’s work is great!”

and B were to respond,

“It really is! I especially enjoy his neo-psychedelic work!”

the expectation is that B knows what A knows about Kravitz. The assumption can be made that most people know of Kravitz as a musician.

Now, what if A just happened not to know who musician/actor Lenny Kravitz is (no matter how unlikely that is), and if A were to instead be a well-informed interior designer… (stay with us)

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…A could infer that B was talking about Kravitz’s furniture design work (left-field, we know). You could imagine how strange the conversation could get if it continued…

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It’s too easy to exclude information during a discussion that could be vital to effective communication. It is incredibly important to remember that no two persons have the same experiences. Any experience is made up of a person’s identity, location, perceptions, beliefs, attitudes, values, physical position, and (the kicker) their past experiences, among other things. It’s literally impossible for two people to have the same background, the same well of experience to pull from. Ideas are the result of our experiences and the way that we have perceived them.

Communication is the way to exchange these ideas, with the goal of socially connecting with one another.

Issues of religion, social class, politics, gender, age, ethnicity, all arise from the miscommunication that forms when communicating with a person with a differing set of experiences.

It is safe to assume that the more specific a subject, the more important it is to be as informative as possible to negate any loss of information that could occur. 

-A

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https://www.cb2.com/kravitz-design-collaboration/design-collabs/
https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cb2-lenny-kravitz
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20141202193027-172988932-the-psychology-behind-online-customer-experiences