I believe that most miscommunication results from being out of context, out of place, or our of time.

Examples:

Context – Someone uses acronyms with people that are not familiar with them.

Place – Someone gives their boss marching orders.

Time  – Someone explains something everyone already found out about.

I think that a lot of news outlets intentionally focus on, or omit information from, one of these areas in order to entice, excite, anger, and/or engage viewers and readers.

While being ‘out of’ one of these makes for a great plot for a comedy, it is not ideal when we want to be fully informed, or if we want our team, or our customers, or our students to be fully informed.

The next time you are frustrated, ask yourself what you are missing out on?