Adaptive Communication

Workshop

Learn how to tailor your communication to different thinking styles and communicate only what matters so your message connects and inspires action.

90% satisfaction

This workshop includes

Even great ideas fall flat if they’re delivered the wrong way. When communication doesn’t land:

Audiences tune out or miss the point
Misalignment slows decision-making
Frustration builds on both sides

Cost to the business?

Work gets misinterpreted, priorities get misunderstood, and momentum stalls. When people can’t communicate clearly across different styles, trust erodes, and valuable ideas never take off.

What's missing?

A way to shape your message so it aligns with how others process information, and a way to compress your message so it captures limited attention.

In short, the ability to adjust your communication to your audience.

Audience

Company-Wide

Length

90 minutes

Cohort size

Price

Starting at $7,500

About this workshop

Participants will learn how to flex their communication for different audiences, especially when influence matters but authority is limited. By understanding thinking preferences and practicing message compression, they’ll increase their ability to land messages with clarity, empathy, and impact.

Skills you'll improve

Agenda

1 - Frame the Problem

Fast hook to show how miscommunication creates friction

We’ll start with a relatable moment, a short clip or scenario where good intentions go awry.

2 - Thinking Preferences

Understand how different minds receive information

You’ll learn a simple but powerful framework, the Whole Brain Thinking model, to map different thinking preferences. We’ll explore what each style values and how that shapes the way people listen, decide, and engage.

3 - Adapting Communication

Tailor your message to different styles

Using a case study, you’ll work in small groups to practice adjusting your communication to drive action. You’ll experiment with what to emphasize, what to simplify, and how to speak to different needs.

4 - The Illusion of Transparency

Why saying it doesn’t mean they heard it

We’ll unpack the cognitive bias that makes us think we’re being clear when we’re not and learn how to close the gap between intention and impact.

5 - Compressing Communication

Open with what matters to them

You’ll learn a powerful formula to lead with the bottom line up front and frame your message around what matters most to your audience. This quick hook draws people into your thinking and invites further exploration—it’s how you get your point of view noticed and the conversation started.

6 - Reflect & Commit

Group debrief and personal action commitments

We’ll close by reflecting on what you learned and how your communication landed. You’ll leave with a personal takeaway, plus a prompt to bring your manager into the loop and get feedback on how your message is being received.

90% satisfaction

What Participants Are Saying

“The How/What I'm now using daily when I create enablement material for CX and our customers.”

Erin Applebee

Customer Advocacy Specialist, CX

“I enjoyed learning the Whole Brain Model - it will sharpen the way I engage with different stakeholders and how I position my communication strategy.”

Jessica Rose

L&D Associate

“I worked on a proposal through each workshop and it's helped me to shape the insights and recommendations using to the frameworks we learned.”

Brooklyn Brown

Staff Product Designer

“I've adapted the How/What framework to better coach my team and guide them through problem-solving in more productive ways.”

Stephanie Smith

Customer Success Partner

"Learning about Whole Brain Thinking and which type of thinker I am has helped me communicate better with my team in a big way!”

Deborah Plotsky

Senior Retailer Account Executive

“I realized I've been structuring my documents/arguments for my brain and need to do a better job in the future of considering my audience's thinking styles so that I can be more influential and clear in my communication.”

Annie Barco

Senior Product Marketing Manager

"I learned useful ways to communicate more effectively by understanding your audience and using more structured thinking."

Qi Gao

Senior Data Scientist

“I found the points around sparking curiosity interesting. Getting engagement on documentation can be a challenge since people's attention is pulled in so many different ways.”

James Oliver

Senior Engineer

“The How/What questions were a great lesson on how to connect with people.”

Payton Kelley

Senior Business Systems Analyst

The Curious Lion Experience

Zoom like you’ve never seen

Not your ordinary Zoom call

We combine storytelling, music, energizers, breakouts, and hands-on learning to create an unforgettable virtual experience.

Learn from peers across functions

Cross-functional learning provides context

The best learning happens when ideas are filtered through the unique context of those we work with. Our programs all follow our framework for Cohort Learning Experiences.

Get real work done

A structured process for solving problems

We provide hands-on coaching while your people apply our thinking tools to their actual work to ship during the cohort.

Drive business outcomes

Align learning to your business strategy

With a team of strategy consultants and learning consultants working hand-in-hand, we are able to create learning products that drive real business outcomes (and measure this).

Meet Your
Instructor

Andrew is an expert in learning and development, serving in executive roles at global organizations like KPMG. As the founder of Curious Lion, Andrew and his team have developed 1,000s of leaders at clients like Workday, Pinterest, IMG, and USAA, winning numerous awards for their engaging learning experiences.

Kenny is the Domain Manager for the Web Development Domain at Codecademy. He contributed to a wide range of courses and paths at Codecademy, including JavaScript, Bootstrap, Handlebars, Phaser.js, Go, Swift, TypeScript, and Lua.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this virtual?

The program is built to be virtual first, delivering a Zoom experience like you’ve never experienced before. But individual sessions can be delivered in person.

Can this be tailored?

All our programs have a minimum level of customization by our team of strategy and learning consultants. We can discuss deeper customization in our discovery calls.

What audience is this best for?

We see the most success with a cross-functional audience of experienced individual contributors transitioning to leadership and new leaders.

Why the focus on problem-solving?

The core challenge of leadership is not having all the answers. It’s having the right questions. This mindset is at the heart of problem-solving. We teach new and aspiring leaders how to synthesize multiple perspectives into a strategic narrative and communicate clearly to diverse stakeholders.