Oct 3, 2026 · 25 min · 9 segments
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Kerry PolkinghorneHostSurely you found that that's been very helpful in your approach as well, having all those skills.
Well, one of the things that I think it did give me working in the field was the ability to work with people.
Because I tell this story and I'm very fond of all of the people that I worked with.
I have to caveat this and say that they were lovely.
They were absolutely brilliant, wonderful, amazing people, some of which I'm still in contact with today.
People that work in IT, especially where I was, and I was in a development center, so there's lots of coders and deep programmers, right? Communication isn't their strongest point.
And I remember, and I'll give you this story because it will tell you everything about who some of these people were and why it taught me that actually, regardless of who you are, I have to be able to communicate with you in a certain way to get the job done.
And so that's one of the biggest skills that I remember getting from working in IT for three years was the ability to communicate with people who struggle to communicate.
resonates.
But I remember one Monday morning, we would always have a team meeting and I brought the team together.
And I'm like, you know, I mean, again, I'm not an IT isn't in my DNA, right? Choirs is in my DNA.
Surely you found that that's been very helpful in your approach as well, having all those skills.
Well, one of the things that I think it did give me working in the field was the ability to work with people.
Because I tell this story and I'm very fond of all of the people that I worked with.
I have to caveat this and say that they were lovely.
They were absolutely brilliant, wonderful, amazing people, some of which I'm still in contact with today.
People that work in IT, especially where I was, and I was in a development center, so there's lots of coders and deep programmers, right? Communication isn't their strongest point.
And I remember, and I'll give you this story because it will tell you everything about who some of these people were and why it taught me that actually, regardless of who you are, I have to be able to communicate with you in a certain way to get the job done.
And so that's one of the biggest skills that I remember getting from working in IT for three years was the ability to communicate with people who struggle to communicate.
resonates.
But I remember one Monday morning, we would always have a team meeting and I brought the team together.
And I'm like, you know, I mean, again, I'm not an IT isn't in my DNA, right? Choirs is in my DNA.
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