Heads in places

Can I invite you to the Shanghai Tower? It's the spiral one of the three.

A 118 floors! Imagine how you'd look like if you take the stairs.

My head was almost literally up in the clouds, which is a fantastic place, to let the mind go adrift and have the head, figuratively, up in the blimmin' clouds.

Considering all the talk about the clouds, I was pretty happy there weren't any.

So, now that I lured you with some pretty pictures, I want to show you what was almost as beautiful as the view - to me at least.

Up there on top of Shanghai, I've seen a pin.

Please note, I got this pic from the Internet. I did not actually photograph the pin (Shutout to The Climate Reality Project). I Could have, I probably should have... But ya. Captain hindsight.

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I apologise to have tricked you, but you see, I feel very strongly about this. This has actually occupied me for quite a bit: the notion, that facts could be ignored, just because of inconvenience. And this is happening not only on the big scale, but also to the people I have the pleasure to work with.

Lately, I often came across sentences like these in different iterations:

"You don't need to know this"
"You don't need to understand it"
"Just do what you're told"
"Its my opinion"
and
"It doesn't matter."

All in the context of opposing facts. And a lot of people who work with hard data, have even a harder time to fight against the maelstrom of conflicting agendas and biases. Of course the people rowing against accuracy are doing so out of self protection, but they do so to the detriment of the organization, of their colleagues and ultimately of themselves.

It is bad business practice, simple as that. And there are much better ways.

I dare to claim: most of us care about verifiable truth. We have all seen, what happens, when we stop doing so. And that is why I felt so strongly to write about this issue over at the official blog.

Many struggle, because they lack the methods on how to see through the jungle of confused jargon and navigate the web of intrigues and agendas. If you are are among those - or even if you are just curious - have a look at the specific 4 part guide. Perhaps someone can get their data to steamroll false and unjust attempts of silencing. And maybe, just maybe, we can get some people to stop playing the ostrich and have their heads pulled from wherever they're stuck in.

So, let us try to be part of the solution!

And for that, please give the guide on the AOC blog a go and thank you for the read.

Win back the conversation part 1

I'll be seeing you around.