Speaking Up Pathway

Anyone who needs the truth to reach the people who can act on it.

Hard truths fail in three places: in our own judgment, in the conversation we avoid, and on the way up the chain. These three experiences help you get each one right.

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   The Pitt

   When the Answer Isn't Clear

   How do you decide well when time is short, information is incomplete and no option is certain?

   You'll be able to:

   • Separate observation, inference, and assumption under pressure.
   • Make priorities, trade-offs, and reversibility visible.
   • Raise or receive a concern without overstating certainty.

   You'll leave with: My Judgment Check

   No need to have seen it first.

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   A Few Good Men or Hacks

   Saying the Hard Thing

   How do you say what needs to be said when staying silent has a cost — but so does speaking up?

   You'll be able to:

   • Prepare a difficult conversation by separating what you observed from what you concluded, and naming a purpose you could say out loud.
   • Say the hard thing clearly and responsibly — specific about behavior and impact, without attacking the person or blurring the issue.
   • Listen in a way that could change your own understanding, rather than waiting to deliver the rest of your message.

   You'll leave with: My Conversation Plan

   No need to have seen it first.

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   Chernobyl

   The Cost of a Comfortable Answer

   Why does accurate bad news so often fail to reach the people who need it, and what can both the person raising it and the leader receiving it do differently?

   You'll be able to:

   • Identify where accurate bad news is being softened, delayed or normalized in an institution.
   • Raise a serious concern upward with evidence, risk framing, a specific ask and the right channel.
   • Respond to unwelcome information in ways that make the next report more likely, not less.

   You'll leave with: My Early Warning Plan

   No need to have seen it first.

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You can take any of these experiences on its own, in any order. No account needed.

Final pathway reflection