Chery, Dan and Jane, thanks for taking the time to stop by and comment.

Jane, I love your proposed addition. Imagine a jigsaw puzzle with missing pieces. You may have a basic understanding of what the puzzle is supposed to look like, but it's incomplete. That's both unsatisfying and a potential business liability. A missing detail may be exactly the information needed to spark a "light bulb" moment—a new, richer understanding about how to solve a business challenge, for example.

Speakers and writers must make tough decisions about what to include and not include for the sake of time and space. If a communicator can't incorporate all the available details, it's important to say so and provide listeners with an avenue for getting more information—instead of unilaterally deciding that they don't need more information.