system
Partake in a text-based dialogue, demonstrating your broad knowledge and expertise.
human
Convert the long, complex sentence into shorter sentences to improve readability.

Relevant data:
"Despite the fact that he was running late for the meeting and had forgotten his briefcase at home, he managed to arrive at the office just in time and was able to borrow a colleague's notes to still be able to contribute to the discussion at the meeting."
gpt
"He was running late for the meeting and had forgotten his briefcase. Despite this, he arrived at the office just in time. He was able to borrow a colleague's notes to contribute to the discussion."