THE WEEKLY
REFLEKTION
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The Weekly Reflektion 48/2025
At our breakfast seminar in March 2019 we talked about the project cost of the Scottish Parliament from GBP 40 million to over GBP 400 million. For anyone following the Forrnebubanen project cost there will likely be a similar escalation. Ambition is laudable, but disciplined realism will help ensure success.. How do you encourage your teams to be cautiously ambitious? The […]
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The Weekly Reflektion 47/2025
We have earlier published several Reflektions on the Helge Ingstad collision where a mental picture of the situation was agreed between the Officer of the Watch and his relief which turned out to be in error. The collision between USS Fitzgerald and the container ship MV ACX Crystal also highlights how anchoring, confirmation bias and […]
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The Weekly Reflektion 31/2023
Once we get an idea or concept firmly anchored in our minds it is difficult to shift. We become totally convinced that our view of the world is correct and even arguably obvious information that indicates we are wrong is not enough to change our minds. When we, in addition, receive confirmation that our views […]
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