Julian Treasure

It's listening.

Julian Treasure is a globally recognized expert on sound and communication, a five-time TED speaker and the author of Sound Business, How to Be Heard, and Sound Effects.

His TED Talks have reached millions of people around the world, challenging how we think about communication, connection, and the way we show up for one another.

What strikes me about Julian is that a lifelong musician, someone accustomed to hearing every instrument at once, went on to build a career around a skill many of us take for granted, truly listening.

Today, we're going to explore the experiences that shaped his mission and what leadership looks like when listening becomes a genuine priority.

Because perhaps the most important question isn't how we get people to hear us, but whether we're prepared to hear them.

Julian Treasure, welcome back for the third time to the Partnership Playbook.

It is a complete thrill to have you back.

And that's really what I think the whole world needs is just sort of to be able to listen fully, truly without thinking about talking.

One of my other good friends, his name is Julian Treasure, and he talks a lot about sort of communication and listening and talking.

And I think a lot of his words sort of ring true here, which is if we can just truly learn to listen, talking doesn't become nearly as difficult or important

Matt, if our listeners and viewers would like to get in touch and hear more about quiet parks and what you're doing, how should they best do that?

It's one of the biggest, possibly the biggest undetected cost in the world today to global business.

My guest today is Julian Treasure.

His TED Talk on how to speak so that people want to listen is one of the most viewed of all time.

And he's back on the show to talk about the other half of communication, listening.

Why don't you introduce who we're hearing about today?

So Julian Treasure is his name.

Very excellent name.

Very excellent name, a treasure, really.

We really appreciate his work.

And that's why we had him back on.

And that's Julian Treasure.

Yeah, that's nice.

How we listen and how we speak.

Julian Treasure is one of the world's most recognized voice on conscious listening and powerful speaking.

His talks have reached millions worldwide.

But today, I want to go beyond how to speak so people listen.

You're regarded as one of the leading voices in this field.

Nobody starts there.

How did Julian Treasure become exceptionally good in his craft? What did you repeatedly practice, study or do most people don't see?

Well, I think it all comes down to listening with me.

Welcome to this episode of The How of Business.

This is Henry Lopez, and it's my pleasure to welcome back on the show, Julian Treasure.

Julian, welcome back.

Thank you, Henry.

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Let me tell you briefly about Julian.

Julian Treasure is the author of Sound Business, How to Be Heard, and Sound Effects, and an international keynote speaker on conscious listening, powerful speaking, and healthy, productive business sound.

He's one of the most watched TED speakers of all time.

Noise is a big one because noise impacts your focus because your brain doesn't fully tune it out.

And so Julian Treasure's white paper, Building in Sound, um, which is a, a really great read on this topic, describes how hearing someone talking while you're trying to read or you're trying to write drops your productivity by up to 66%.

So if you feel like the noise in your office or wherever [laughs] it is that you're working is truly hampering your productivity, there's data that's actually backing it up that is pretty significant to see that drop of 66%.

And also, something to note about noise is that for some people, that impact is even more intense.