My work focuses on helping people communicate with clarity and consistency so collaboration doesn’t get harder than it needs to be.

At 10:15 this morning, we should have been in the air from JFK.
At 13:00 we were still on the ground when the announcement came.
Two hours sitting on the plane, only to be told we had to get off again.
We were now too late and Heathrow would be closing.
New departure time: 7:30pm 😳

So here I am, writing a LinkedIn post from the middle of it all, to be posted between Christmas and New Year, when most people are busy reflecting or looking ahead.

This is what being in the middle of things feels like.

Not at the start.
Not at the end.
Plans already in motion, momentum interrupted, no clean reset.

This is also where adaptability quietly comes into play.
Not as a big pivot, just a small adjustment to what’s already unfolding.

In storytelling there’s a technique called in medias res.
It means starting in the middle of the action.

That’s where most work actually happens too.

Projects are already underway.
Conversations have history.
Decisions didn’t start today.
People join with different pieces of context.

Reflection looks back. Looking ahead looks forward.
Most communication friction shows up when we ignore where we actually are.

One small habit that helps in these moments is simply naming the middle.
“Here’s where we are right now.”
“Here’s what’s already in motion.”
“Here’s the context I’m working with.”

It doesn’t fix everything.
But it creates just enough shared clarity for collaboration to move forward instead of looping.

Where have you noticed things getting harder simply because nobody named that you were already in the middle?