Ben Pearce
Founder
Helping technical people build influence
Ben Pearce was a techie, then successfully led technical teams at Microsoft for 10+ years. He left Microsoft to start his own coaching company, Elevated You. Now he works with teams in tech all over the world to make them more relevant, more influential and more successful. When he's not coaching folks, he's either hosting the Tech World Human Skills podcast or playing his guitar.
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Ben PearceEpisodes featuring Ben Pearce
Episode 30
Why Great Engineers Need Great Communication Skills
How to explain technical ideas to anyone.
Former Microsoft leader Ben Pearce explains how engineers and technical teams can communicate complex ideas clearly, influence stakeholders, gain buy-in, and accelerate career growth using practical communication frameworks.
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How To Explain Technical Ideas to Anyone
Learn how to explain technical ideas clearly using Ben Pearce’s AOREN framework. A practical guide for engineers and technical leaders to improve communication, influence stakeholders, structure presentations, and drive action.
Brilliant technical ideas are useless if nobody understands them.
In this practical companion download to his episode, former Microsoft leader Ben Pearce shares the AOREN framework: a simple, powerful approach for helping engineers, architects, and technical leaders communicate ideas more clearly and persuasively.
This guide is designed to help technical people move beyond deep detail and start communicating in ways that create understanding, influence decisions, and drive action.
Inside, you’ll learn how to:
- Understand what different audiences actually care about
- Structure presentations and meetings more effectively
- Make technical ideas easier to remember
- Use emotion and storytelling without sounding artificial
- Create clear next steps that lead to action
- Explain complex concepts without losing credibility
The download includes coaching questions for every stage of the AOREN framework, along with a practical planning template you can use before presentations, stakeholder conversations, architecture reviews, customer meetings, or leadership discussions.
Whether you are trying to get buy-in from leadership, explain architecture decisions, influence stakeholders, or simply communicate more clearly with your team, this framework will help you turn complexity into clarity.