Most leaders today aren't communicating too little. Many are communicating constantly through emails, all-hands meetings, messaging platforms, intranet posts, video messages. And yet, across industries and company sizes, employees increasingly report feeling out of the loop, disconnected from strategy, and skeptical of what they're being told. That disconnect is not accidental. Three converging forces are making it structurally harder than ever for leadership communication to

Most professionals are trained to approach disagreements as mental quests. Preparation, persuasion, and logic are used to defend a position and convince the other side to accept it. While this method can occasionally produce agreement, it rarely produces alignment. More often, it results in compliance in the short term and frustration over time. A different approach is gaining traction in leadership and organizational psychology: co-creation. Instead of treating conversations