Field Note #069 | Organised Disbelief

Engineering the Intelligent Enterprise · Oct 23, 2026 · 37m

The presentation was beautiful. The premise was untested.

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Think back to the last proposal your team approved without an argument. Did everyone agree because the underlying evidence was bulletproof—or because the slides were clean, the presenter was articulate, and nobody wanted to interrupt a smooth meeting?

In this episode of Field Notes, we examine Organised Disbelief: the practice of protecting complex systems from the seductive power of cognitive ease.

As simulation software, automated dashboards, and generative models make it effortless to dress raw assumptions in the clothing of…