I think the cavemen were on to something.

Our problems got more complex.

Our language evolved to keep up.

As experts, we master the new language of our domain.

We speak fluently.

We speak confidently.

We speak at length.

But somewhere in there, it breaks.

We understand the complexities.

We can explain them to peers.

We can riff on a stage or fill a deck.

But try explaining it to someone outside the herd?

Someone who doesn’t know the lingo?

Who hasn’t lived it like you have?

We don’t need more words.

We need less.

Even better, we need pictures.

Modern-day cave drawings.

The kind that show:

Where to go.

What to avoid.

What matters most.

That’s what a great Intellectual Headshot does.

All the nuance can live in your head.

You’ll need it to deliver the work.

But to show you’re right for the task?

A simple, clever cave drawing will do.

💡

-Wes

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