Great Communication

Sometimes I wonder if we’ve overcomplicated the idea of “great communication.”

At UponAI, we build voice agents.

But I spend more time thinking about people than technology.

Because at its core, every call — whether it’s with a friend, a customer, or a machine — is just two people wanting to feel understood.

And yet, so much gets lost:

➡️ We interrupt.
➡️ We rush.
➡️ We talk at people instead of with them.

Not because we mean to — but because we’re busy, distracted, human.

That’s why working on voice agents has been unexpectedly grounding for me.

It’s not about AI doing everything better.

It’s about designing systems that don’t forget the basics:

🩵 Listen first.
🩵 Pause before responding.
🩵 Keep the tone warm, not robotic.
🩵 Stay patient — even when the other side isn’t.

Funny how teaching a machine to communicate well…has made me rethink how I do it too. 😅

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