Leaner communication channels are effective to process standard data and well understood messages, however, they may require rules and procedures.
When the differentiation between teams and projects is small, but with high interdependence, then the coordination can rely on leaner communication channels because the ambiguity is low.
Lean on whichever communication channel is the lifeblood of your organization, be it email, a real-time messaging platform, or physical check-ins.
Dr Graff calls Twitter et al, text-based communication, "lean media", and says that it's using these channels that people become less careful with the things that they say – which isn't the case when speaking to someone else in person, using "richer communication".
This method has been shown to improve diabetes in lean rodents (F.R., personal communication).
MIT Sloan Professor Nelson Repenning shares real-world examples of how organizations can increase adoption of business improving tools, technologies, and processes from lean production methods to virtual communication systems.
A technology group that is too lean and highly outsourced inhibits communication and becomes overly complex to manage.
48 A Mouse Intestinal Tract Chip analysis has revealed a significant increase of this genus in db/db mice compared to lean mice (Cani PD, personal communication).
For example, in the U.S., users seem to lean more towards one-to-many communication through social networks, while other countries appear to favor one-to-one communication.
He refined his sound, which integrated deeply felt vocals and lean guitar work, on the albums Communication (1971) and Understanding (1972).
