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Institute for Shared Understanding

Communication Exists to Create Understanding.

Yet every project depends on dozens of important communications.

Very few organizations evaluate whether those communications actually created the Shared Understanding required for successful execution.

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The Defining Principle

Communication exists to create the understanding required for its intended purpose.

— Institute for Shared Understanding

The Communication Journey

Results depend on the understanding communication creates

  1. 01Purpose
  2. 02Communication
  3. 03Understanding
  4. 04Shared Understanding
  5. 05Action
  6. 06Results
01

Learn

Build understanding

02

Experience

Run a Complimentary Project Kickoff Review™

03

Implement

Project Communication Effectiveness Assessment™

The Problem

Projects depend on communication

  1. 01

    Kickoff Meetings

  2. 02

    Meeting Minutes

  3. 03

    Decision Records

  4. 04

    Status Reports

  5. 05

    Change Requests

How do you know these communications created the understanding required for successful execution?

The Clario Method™

A standardized way to evaluate Communication Effectiveness

Developed and published by the Institute, the Clario Method™ evaluates five Communication Signals—Purpose, Action, Decision, Tone, and Shared Understanding—to reveal Communication Gaps before work begins.

Learn the Clario Method™
  1. Project Problem
  2. Communication Effectiveness
  3. Shared Understanding
  4. The Clario Method™
  5. Project Kickoff Review™
  6. Project Communication Effectiveness Assessment™

Clario Reviews™

The methodology, applied to real project communication

  • Project Kickoff Review™

    Purpose and scope, roles, first actions, early decisions, and tone.

    Available now

  • Meeting Review™

    Purpose, actions and owners, decisions, tone, and Shared Understanding.

    Available now

  • Executive Brief Review™

    Purpose, the decision requested, and next steps.

    Coming Soon

  • Policy Review™

    Intent, required behavior, accountability, and ambiguity.

    Coming Soon

  • Contract Review™

    Purpose and scope, responsibilities, commitments, wording, and defined terms.

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Next Step

Experience the Clario Method™

Experience one complimentary Project Kickoff Review™ and discover how the Clario Method™ evaluates Communication Effectiveness before project issues become expensive project problems.

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