A more practical approach is to ask: What information, if we had had it, would have led us to make a better decision? Now, how do we make sure that next time, we have that information?
For the conversations I have in mind, I did bring that up.
In response they pointed to "the clear evidence of failure" (their sense of it at least). I replied that I had warned them about the possibility of that outcome -- and by itself that wasn't enough.
With this particular set of managers, my working style conflicted with their managing style: I would offer them options and warn them about potential issues. They would go for the fastest to implement option, and treat "potential" issues as very unlikely. When something did go wrong, th...
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Surely it is obvious that there are lots of examples when one might say this. Consider this:
Rob looks in the newspaper to check the football scores. The newspaper says that United won 3-2, but it is a misprint because City actually won 3-2. In this case, the rational belief is that United won, but the true belief is that City won.
Am I missing something?