Why Miscommunication Happens Even When Words Are Clear
Discover why miscommunication occurs despite clear wording and what factors beyond language affect understanding.
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Discover why miscommunication occurs despite clear wording and what factors beyond language affect understanding.
Understand why communication fails—from encoding problems to context mismatches, learning common breakdown points and how to prevent them.
Healthcare wrong-site surgery from unverified assumptions. Aviation crashes from unclear handoffs. Business projects fail when requirements are misunderstood.
Same words, different frames. Cultural context varies. Assumptions differ. Emotional state affects interpretation. Ambiguity enables misunderstanding.
Different communication styles, conflict approaches, time perceptions, and unspoken context assumptions create cross-cultural misunderstanding and friction.