Bdr International Group Llc Perspectives

Welcome to this edition of the BDR International Group LLC podcast. These podcasts are the audio versions of "Perspectives" that you may find at bdrinternationalgroup.com. This podcast is titled "Are We Sharing the Same Context?" I hope you find it useful. Our language fails us. Worse, our "common" language fails us. It lulls us into a false sense of complacency—that what we said is what was heard. That what was heard was what we meant. That everything will go according to plan because we all agreed when we were talking together. Context matters. Big time. When we do not share the same context, we are almost guaranteed there will be misunderstandings. Even when we share the same context, we must be explicit to avoid misunderstandings. Several experiences over the past couple of years brought this home to me. Common Sense (Is Not So Common) Perhaps the biggest universal failing of our language is the phrase "common sense." The problem is not in using the phrase. The problem is common sense does not exist.