
Just Saying - The BRIEF Lab
Hosted by I · Joe McCormack
4.9from 88 ratings
- 425
- Episodes
- 94
- Transcribed
- 88
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2017
- First episode
- 8K
- YouTube views
About Just Saying - The BRIEF Lab
The point of this podcast is to help you become an effective and efficient communicator. The topics that we discuss tackle many of the most pressing issues that people face in a world flooded by information, interruptions and distractions. The promise is that you and your ideas can stand out consistently. Hope you enjoy. [ Just Saying ]
- Publisher
- Joe McCormack
- Category
- business
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 9 Feb 2017
- Latest episode
- 12 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
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12 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Ep. 405 – The things we hear (aren’t always right)

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Ep. 404 – What’s the problem?

14 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Ep. 403 – Answering tough questions
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Ep. 405 – The things we hear (aren’t always right)
Published 12 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Active listening is a superpower which very few people possess. And the way we listen and how we listen to people sets us apart. We do exercises in our courses at the Brief Lab, which teach people what I call present listening, which is a term that I coined around It's active listening, but it's being present in the moment and giving the gift of your undivided attention to a person. I call that present listening. And it really sets people apart. And we teach people to do this because you can't summarize what you didn't hear. And clearly, if you misheard it, you can't summarize it. It's just inaccurate. […]
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- YouTube views
- 8,124
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 76 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 12 ratings
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- 70
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 74
- Engagement
- 92
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