Interview with Lucy Chambers

Lucy Chambers joins Julian to explore how playful word games like Poetry for Neanderthals can help teams break down jargon, foster empathy, and create more inclusive communication. Drawing on her journey from “word nerd” outsider in tech to facilitation expert, Lucy shares practical ways to make language accessible, fun, and meaningful for everyone at work.

Lucy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucyfedia/
Lucy's website: https://facilitationmindset.com/
Lucy's podcast 'Edges of Facilitation' on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0gXwn9Ex9ZOGubX8WTGVYS
Lucy's podcast 'Edges of Facilitation' on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@Lucyfacilitates/
Lucy's Facilitation Mindset on Substack: https://substack.com/@lucyfedia
Lucy's article on Jargon Busting: https://facilitationmindset.substack.com/p/j-is-for-jargon-busting
The Poetry for Neanderthals Card Game: https://www.explodingkittens.com/products/poetry-for-neanderthals
xkcd webcomic by Randall P. Munroe: https://xkcd.com
Only use the one thousand most frequent words with xkcd's Simple Writer: https://xkcd.com/simplewriter/
The Up-Goer Five text editor by Theo Sanderson: https://splasho.com/upgoer5/
Randall P. Munroe's 2012 comic "Up-Goer Five" on the Saturn V rocket: https://xkcd.com/1133/
#play14 website: https://play14.org/
Music: "Blanks" by Podington Bear (CC BY-NC 3.0, soundofpicture.com). A big thank you for sharing this wonderful track.
For feedback or to share your own jargon-busting stories, reach out at hello@kiLearning.net or connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kilearning/