Sam Walton, founder of Walmart, declared, “Clear communication is necessary to management success.” The paradigmatic virtues of clarity and completeness have long guided how we define successful ...

Ambiguity is part of life. But what is ambiguity? It can be part of our work life, home life, and the world around us. It can arise from conflicting information, uncertainty, the lack of a process or ...

Ambiguity is often perceived as a source of confusion and discomfort, but it holds a surprising power to influence our thinking, creativity, and resilience. In a world that increasingly values clarity ...

For example, the following sentence lends itself to two possible interpretations: (1) Old men and women left the theater. What does “old” modify in this sentence? “Men” or “men and women”? In other ...

One lesson I learned early in my career: there’s no ambiguity when you lead by example. If there’s a difficult assignment, volunteer for it. If there’s a deal to be done and it requires working over ...

What should America do about China’s increasingly hostile stance toward Taiwan? Some have called for clear and specific promises to protect Taiwan in the event of a crisis. Such promises would break ...

Like a thick fog, ambiguity is a lack of clarity that descends on every organization at some point. Without strong leadership capable of cutting through that fog, organizations can face significant ...

Creative ideas sometimes emerge because someone directly and explicitly asks us to come up with a new idea. It could be we're asked to help solve a pesky problem, or to generate suggestions for how to ...