Why Good News Travels Faster Than Truth

Executive Field Note 015

Organizations do not transmit information neutrally.

People learn what receives attention.

What creates friction.

What advances careers.

What ends meetings.

Over time, information adapts to the environment through which it must travel.

Good news rarely needs protection.

Difficult truth often does.

The resulting distortion may occur without anyone ever deciding to distort anything.

What must information become before it is safe enough to reach you?

Published by Executive Insights. A publication of Axiom Research Press