The $2 Trillion Communication Crisis Ruining Everything From Boardrooms to Family Dinners

Poor communication drains trillions and derails teams. It shows how facilitation elevates meetings and family talks, boosting leadership and decision-making.

Read Time 6 mins

ByDr Robert Radi, Ph.D., MBA

Published: 20/11/2025

Poor communication costs US businesses between $1.2 and $2 trillion annually, with 86% of employees blaming communication failures for workplace breakdowns. Yet what shocked me most during three decades of observing conversations in corporate boardrooms, city council chambers, and academic halls wasn’t the staggering financial toll. It was recognising these identical patterns destroying family dinners and neighbourhood meetings.

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