The Craft of Practitioner Voice
A couple of months ago Jim Highsmith explained how practitioners writing for each other forms a distinct style of writing. He now adds a section to the article with more detail on the craft of how we write in this style. How the writer shows up in the prose, its four principles, the role of story, how to sensibly use…
Practitioner Voice
The Writing Category Nobody has Named Yet
Effective writing from a practitioner is a style distinct from academic writing or thought-leadership content. It relies on authority from experience (not credentials), naming tensions but letting them live, keeping the author in the writing, and the expectation that readers recognize the pattern from their own experience.
13 October 2026
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