TJ Larkin is a gent
This month's Simply-Updated (the magazine of www.simply-communicate.com) contains an interview with Dr TJ Larkin. Up until now I've had a jaundiced opinion of TJ - mostly cos he took the piss out of Steve Crescenzo in a very amusing way at a Ragan conference a couple of years ago. To make a point about understanding the workforce's point of view he strapped a huge metal wheel brace to Steve's crutch and made him walk around the stage in front of 400 gleeful communicators. You can see him doing the same trick on another IABCer here.
Laugh - I can't look at Steve with a straight face to this day.
Then there was his argument with Shel Holtz and Angela Sinickas about forgetting CEO communication and putting all your eggs into line manager communication, which caused all us social media neophytes condemned him as a dinosaur.
But reading Kelly's sensitive profile of TJ - and watching her video interview I have done a complete 180 on the guy. He really does know his stuff and is refreshingly humble in propounding it.
Besides, despite being American the man studied for his doctorate at Oxford.
I like TJ. He is a gent. A very nice guy. I'd buy him a beer if I ran into him. I just think he's wrong about leader communications and online learning. Nice guys can be wrong y'know. Even well educated ones.
Posted by: Shel Holtz | April 04, 2008 at 01:41 PM
Hey, I like TJ too. I have no problem with people strapping things to my crotch, usually. I just disagree with him on many of the same things Shel does.
But he's a super guy.
Steve C.
Posted by: Steve Crescenzo | April 14, 2008 at 09:15 PM
Hey, I like TJ too. I have no problem with people strapping things to my crotch, usually. I just disagree with him on many of the same things Shel does.
But he's a super guy.
Steve C.
Posted by: Steve Crescenzo | April 14, 2008 at 09:17 PM