Integrating MECE principle with Business Communication

Hi readers !!

Today I would like to share with you my learnings from Business Communication class. The class started with reciting Shanti mantra by none other than our Professor T. Prasad who is famously known as Mandi sir. 

Sanskrit transcript:
ॐ सह नाववतु। सह नौ भुनक्तु। सह वीर्यं करवावहै।
तेजस्वि नावधीतमस्तु मा विद्विषावहै। ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः॥

English translation:
Om, may we all be protected, may we all be nourished, may we work together with great energy, May our intellect be sharpened (may our study be effective), let there be no animosity amongst us. Om, peace, peace, peace.

We discussed the importance of writing blogs. Also, sir gave us a few tips on how to make posters & videos for personal branding. He also introduced the concept of Series model of connecting people. One of the important take away from this session was understanding of MECE principle and how to integrate its concept with communication.

So, what exactly is the MECE principle?

Lets’ first understand what the principle is and how we can use it to integrate it with communication.

The MECE principle, pronounced "ME-see", is a grouping principle for separating a set of items into subsets that are mutually exclusive (ME) and collectively exhaustive (CE). It was developed in the late 1960s by Barbara Minto at Mckinsey & company and underlies her Minto Pyramid Principle, and is based on ideas going back as far as Aristotle.

The MECE principle is useful in the business mapping process wherein the optimum arrangement of information is exhaustive and does not double count at any level of the hierarchy. Examples of MECE arrangements include categorizing people by the year of birth (assuming all years are known). A non-MECE example would be categorization by nationality because nationalities are neither mutually exclusive (some people have dual nationality) nor collectively exhaustive (some people have none).

So in communication, whenever you present your ideas or thoughts on any topics you should try to inculcate the MECE principle so as to have a flawless flow of communication.

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