Analyses

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Analysis: How to Test Your Interpretation in Hard Conversations

Analyses helps you test an interpretation before acting on it. Separate what you directly observed from the story you built around it, consider another plausible explanation, and ask whose perspective, knowledge, power, or experience may be missing. The aim is not endless uncertainty, but better judgment: resisting premature certainty long enough to examine the evidence and enter difficult conversations with a more defensible understanding.

kai peter stabell

3 days ago5 min read