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Clarity Is Not a Soft Skill

Clarity is often underestimated. Yet it is one of the hardest economic factors. Lack of clarity costs time. Lack of clarity costs money. Lack of clarity costs trust.

By Ingolf Christian Ernst 1/22/2026

Clarity is often underestimated.
Perhaps because it sounds unspectacular.

Yet it is one of the hardest economic factors.

Lack of clarity costs time.
Lack of clarity costs money.
Lack of clarity costs trust.

AI makes this problem visible.
And amplifies it.

Because AI accelerates decisions.
It scales processes.

Where clarity is missing, lack of clarity becomes efficient.

Clarity is not a feeling.
Not a mindset.
Not a personal trait.

Clarity is leadership work.

It shows in decisions.
In priorities.
In conscious omission.

Unfortunately, clarity is often only taken seriously
when the pressure is already high.

Yet many things would be easier
if it came sooner.

Not as a soft skill.
But as a prerequisite for effectiveness.

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