In addition to the questions you have posed - to avoid getting shredded by the audience, I was thinking it would be prudent for new analysts to consider or research - well - their audience. What is it that the stakeholders or the business are actually interested in, and to what extent can they appreciate a technical analysis?
A deeper, and prior-to-presentation consultation or review with the experienced analysts (and stakeholders) and keeping an eye on past in-house research could also help. I was also reflecting that the entire team (including the future version of the current analyst) could benefit from a good documentation of the exploration.
Beyond all this - it felt interesting to reflect : how does one recover from a shredding? In a way, it may even be good to get such a shredding early on (both in their career, as well as in a project), since it may induce the analyst to think about context, and any other mistakes. What do you think?
I do agree on your points. Definitely an understanding of the audience background is important.
I like the part about reviewing the presentation with an experienced analyst and that is what we should be promoting more in the work place, mentoring so that avoidable mistakes are avoided.
Although I do agree on the shredding doing good to the "green" analyst. We also have to be mindful on the political capital the analyst is gathering with each presentation as well. Making a bad first impression won't bode well with the audience in the subsequent presentation.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and will love to hear more if you have. :)
Hi Koo Ping Shung,
Enjoyed reading this post.
In addition to the questions you have posed - to avoid getting shredded by the audience, I was thinking it would be prudent for new analysts to consider or research - well - their audience. What is it that the stakeholders or the business are actually interested in, and to what extent can they appreciate a technical analysis?
A deeper, and prior-to-presentation consultation or review with the experienced analysts (and stakeholders) and keeping an eye on past in-house research could also help. I was also reflecting that the entire team (including the future version of the current analyst) could benefit from a good documentation of the exploration.
Beyond all this - it felt interesting to reflect : how does one recover from a shredding? In a way, it may even be good to get such a shredding early on (both in their career, as well as in a project), since it may induce the analyst to think about context, and any other mistakes. What do you think?
I do agree on your points. Definitely an understanding of the audience background is important.
I like the part about reviewing the presentation with an experienced analyst and that is what we should be promoting more in the work place, mentoring so that avoidable mistakes are avoided.
Although I do agree on the shredding doing good to the "green" analyst. We also have to be mindful on the political capital the analyst is gathering with each presentation as well. Making a bad first impression won't bode well with the audience in the subsequent presentation.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and will love to hear more if you have. :)