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When facts are ignored

Sep 24
1 min read

In the Netflix series Dept Q, there is a scene where the lead detective is being stubborn about a case. His assistant says - "Where I come from, when facts are ignored, it is not because of incompetence."


In organizations, when inconvenient data is set aside, when a signal is not acknowledged, when a question that should be asked isn't, the explanation that surfaces most often is competence. The person didn't know, didn't see or didn't understand.


Sometimes that is true.

But what if the facts were seen, and the choice was made anyways ?

A leader reading this might find it more useful to ask - when do I choose to ignore facts?

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