Julia Soffa, Principal Internal Communications Manager at Guru, joined us on The Modern People Leader.

We talked about information overload, the golden rule of communication, how to build an attention audit survey, and why we should all embrace JOMO.

Timestamps:

(10:03) When Julia started noticing digital debt in her personal life

(15:00) Why we should be jealous she gets to work at Guru

(16:47) Her role as Principal Internal Communications Manager

(19:00) Information overload is hurting our bodies and the businesses that we work for

(23:41) The attention audit survey

(28:01) Going from 6% remote to 65% in just two years

(30:45) The golden rule of internal communication

(36:36) How to structure an attention audit survey and the surprising responses they’ve gotten

(39:22) Why we should all embrace JOMO

(43:22) The 4 P’s of meetings

(46:47) How she thinks about digital rituals

(50:54) Her definition of a Modern People Leader

(52:01) The career advice she’d give her 22-year-old self

Guru's information overload survey: https://app.getguru.com/card/TaArybBc/Information-Overload-Employee-Survey-

Guru's resources for managing information overload: https://app.getguru.com/card/cdApaoqi/Resources-for-Managing-Information-Overload

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