Julian Treasure

5x TED speaker on listening, speaking and sound. Award-winning author. Keynote speaker and trainer.

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I’m excited to share something I’ve been working on for the past 3-months.

Which is actually a representation of my work from the last 20 years.

From speaking at TED 17 times…

To presenting at organisations like Google, Goldman Sachs, Adobe, and Johns Hopkins…

And training hundreds of thousands of students online…

I’ve taken my best work on powerful speaking and condensed it down into the most accessible format possible:

A conscious communication app.

You can use it to access my best trainings on becoming a better speaker, presenter and listener in a few minutes each day.

A lot of this material was developed for workshops that companies paid tens of thousands of pounds to learn.

And now, it’s available to you for a fraction of the cost.

Treating communication like a skill will accelerate your progress in every area of your life.

And it is quite an easy skill to learn!

Starting today, and for the next 10 days, it’s available for 20% off.

You can start the app onboarding quiz here: https://t.co/yDhiPptYco

It’s also the first link in my bio.

I can’t wait to hear what you think.

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45 years in the making
Well here's a blast from the past.

In 1981, I recorded a John Peel session with a wonderful band called Missing Presumed Dead.

We just got the rights from the BBC to release the tracks, so they're up on Bandcamp today!

If you like 1980s indie music, have a listen and let me know your memories of that rich period of creativity and new ideas in the comments below.

https://t.co/1wbMy0tIaF

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One Sentence can destroy a conversation

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This is why sound can change how you feel in seconds.

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Loneliness is rising.
Trust is falling.
Engagement is disappearing. And we still treat these as separate problems.

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I had 20 years in marketing, running a contract publishing company and producing beautiful magazines.

Along the way, by night, I was doing something different. I’m a musician. I’m a drummer.

So when I sold my publishing business in 2001, I wanted to bring marketing and listening together.

I was conscious that the world was a pretty noisy and unpleasant place.
The question was: does that matter?

I did a lot of research and read a huge number of papers and articles.
The answer was yes, it does matter.
Sound affects us profoundly.

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝘂𝘀
Sound affects human beings in four powerful ways.

𝗣𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆, it changes our breathing, our heart rate, our hormone secretions and even our brainwaves. it changes our moods and our emotions.

𝗖𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆, it affects how well we can think. You only have to work in an office with somebody speaking next to you to know how difficult it is to think when you're listening at the same time.

And 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆, sound changes us. It changes what we do, how sociable we are, where we go and where we like to stay in environments.

A lot of this is simply about making environments more pleasant and more appropriate. It's not about silence everywhere.

A football game, for example, would be pretty weird if it were completely silent.

There are places where we need quiet. There are places where we need masking sounds so that we don't get interrupted.

It's about careful, intentional, appropriate sound design.

Would Love to hear your thoughts, How are you managing sound around you?

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Your audience can make you a worse speaker.
And you might not even realise it.

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Want to close more sales?
Stop trying so hard to sell.

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The world is now so noisy, with this cacophony going on visually and auditorily, it's just hard to listen; it's tiring to listen.

We are losing our listening.
Many people take refuge in headphones, nobody's listening to anybody.

We're becoming impatient.
We don't want oratory anymore; we want sound bites.

And the art of conversation is being replaced dangerously, I think by personal broadcasting.
We're becoming desensitized.

Our media have to scream at us with these kinds of headlines in order to get our attention.

And that means it's harder for us to pay attention to the quiet, the subtle, the understated.

This is a serious problem that we're losing our listening.
This is not trivial, because listening is our access to understanding.

Conscious listening always creates understanding, and only without conscious listening can these things happen.

A world where we don't listen to each other at all is a very scary place indeed.

Just three minutes a day of silence is a wonderful exercise to reset your ears and to recalibrate, so that you can hear the quiet again.

When someone is talking. Pay attention to the person. Show you're listening. Summarise what you've heard. Then ask questions.

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Three Pillars of Public Speaking

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Want to close more sales? Stop selling for a minute.

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You know a meeting isn’t going well when people start checking their phones.

Someone opens their laptop.

Someone starts replying to a message.

People are still nodding, but they’re no longer really listening.

And it usually starts with small things:

𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴.

𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴.

𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗳-𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗹𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲.

Then the meeting ends.

The problem isn’t fully solved.

Everyone leaves with a slightly different understanding.

And the same conversation comes up again next week.

It happens in most workplaces.

Not because people don’t care.

Attention just gets pulled in different directions.

A few simple habits can help:

𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽.

𝗟𝗲𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻.

𝗣𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴.

𝗕𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻, 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱.

When people feel heard, meetings become easier.

Less talking.

More progress.

Funny how much difference a little listening can make.

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Handling a Tough, Skeptical Audience

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The skill that quietly affects your whole life

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It’s frustrating when you can’t get your point across.
And one of the most common complaints in relationships is:
“𝘏𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦...”

So, what makes people more likely to listen?

I think there are four foundations for powerful speaking.

They spell 𝗛𝗔𝗜𝗟

And one definition of hail is “to greet or acclaim enthusiastically” which is exactly how I’d like your communication to be received.

𝗛 — 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘆
Be straight and clear in your speaking.
Say what you mean.

𝗔 — 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆
Be yourself.
There’s no need to pretend to be someone you’re not. Whether you’re speaking one-to-one or to an audience of thousands, being yourself is far more powerful.

𝗜 — 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆
Be your word.
If you say you’ll be there, be there.
If you continually make promises you don’t keep, people develop a cynical ear for what you say.

𝗟 — 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲
Not romantic love.
I mean wishing people well.
Kindness.
A genuine desire for the other person to do well.
That changes the tone of a conversation.

None of these guarantees that people will listen perfectly.
But put these four principles into practice and you give yourself a much better chance of being heard, understood and received fully.

And then we have a world where sound is working for us instead of against us.

I think that’s a world worth striving for.

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Four Pillars of Effective Speaking

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This is what sound can do to your body.

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We live in a world that’s louder than ever.

Office chatter.
Notifications pinging.
The hum of modern life.

It’s distracting.
It’s exhausting.
It’s reducing focus.

Small, deliberate actions can change this:
👉Audit your environment, notice distractions
👉Create quiet zones or reduce background noise
👉Use mindful listening and structured breaks
👉Set expectations for when focus is required

Sound can work for you, not against you.

How are you managing noise in your workspace?
Share your strategies.

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The hidden reason you’re becoming a worse listener.

PS: Today is the last day to download my Conscious Communication app at the exclusive 20% off launch discount.

Here is what’s inside:

– A complete 12-module communication masterclass.

– Your personal learning plan.

– Feedback on your real communication.

– An AI-coach available whenever you need one.

– Progress you can see.

I built this because the skills that shape our lives most, listening and speaking, are the two we are never taught.

If you'd like to change that for yourself, today is the last day at this price.

Comment “app” below or click the link in my bio to start your onboarding quiz.

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PS. My new app, Conscious Communication is now live.
You can access it for 20% off in this limited launch window until Sep. 10th

If you want to become a better speaker, to advance your career, improve your leadership and present with confidence, this is for you.

Comment “APP” below and I’ll send you the link.

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If you hear these words, stop talking.