The Boundaries You Don’t See

We talk a lot about clear communication. But most of the boundaries we navigate aren’t clear at all.

They’re invisible—built into how companies grow, who leads them, and how people work.

The difference between clinical and commercial. Between a founder who’s an academic versus one who’s brought a drug to market before. Between a company that encourages in-office work and one that mandates it.

Even inside a single campus, I’ve seen different buildings operate like entirely different cultures. And when your company is headquartered in one country, but most of your team is somewhere else? That’s a whole other layer.

These boundaries shape how we do our jobs. They influence how people see themselves, how decisions get made, and how messages land.

And most of the time, they aren’t on any org chart.

What other kinds of invisible boundaries have you had to navigate?