Senior naval officers share a communication problem with academics and financial specialists whose expertise becomes difficult to explain outside their field. As specialists advance, they rely on shorthand and assumptions that make sense among peers but lack context for outsiders. Communication can therefore flow more easily up a hierarchy than back down to subordinates or across professional boundaries. Leaders who understand a complex system and can explain it plainly are unusually valuable.
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Why deep expertise does not guarantee clear communication
Senior specialists can struggle to explain complex knowledge when their shorthand and assumptions are unfamiliar outside their own field.