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Why people stick to plans the facts no longer support

Why people stick to plans the facts no longer support

Why people stick to plans the facts no longer supportPaul Littlejohn
Published on: 11/09/2026

Teams can understand the facts and still defend a plan that no longer works. Five questions for turning uncomfortable information into decisions about resources, commitments and what changes next.

You Can't Argue With Gravity

You Can't Argue With Gravity

You Can't Argue With GravityPaul Littlejohn
Published on: 24/07/2026

A convincing picture can still be wrong. A flying illusion leads to practical habits for checking sources, separating evidence from hopes and questioning confident answers.

The Danger of Data That Looks Right

The Danger of Data That Looks Right

The Danger of Data That Looks RightPaul Littlejohn
Published on: 12/06/2026

A drifting cockpit display nearly led to ejection. The same danger appears when a casual customer remark becomes a precise forecast; a simple evidence check can expose the gap.

Imagine the project has already failed

Imagine the project has already failed

Imagine the project has already failedPaul Littlejohn
Published on: 22/05/2026

Most risk reviews surface the risks everyone already knew. The dangerous ones, nobody quite wanted to raise. A 10-minute exercise from cognitive psychology that gets the real failure modes into the room, how to run it, and why it works.