Thus, it is so!

We are naturally reluctant to share information that could encourage others to find fault in our decision making.

- Annie Duke

Positional power should only be deployed to adversely affect another when the circumstances do not allow for information leading to the decision to be shared prior to it being made.

Such circumstances are exceptional.

So is good leadership.

Bad leaders invest in insulating themselves from the consequences of their decisions. They see no advantage in sharing their thinking prior to a decision that might reveal any flaws. Indeed, they think doing so shows weakness. They roll the dice or toss a coin and declare: ‘Thus, it is so!’

Leaving their fawning minions to pervert the truth a little more to align it with their boss’s whims.