# Responding to Ignored Analysis By:: [[Brian Heath]] 2023-03-09 Eventually, as a skilled analytics professional, you'll encounter a situation where you were right at least six months before anyone else would listen. Perhaps you identified a negative trend and recommended a remedy. At the time, the organization and its managers pushed back on this recommendation. They highlighted several potential flaws in your analysis. Regular readers will know that all analytics work contains flaws, so there is always a reason to reject it. There is no point getting upset by this - it's the nature of the universe. As a result of the organizational pushback, they shelve your recommendations. Several months later, you stumble upon the same negative trend but with perhaps additional evidence supporting your claim. Because you live by the code of the analyst, you respectfully present this evidence to the organization and maybe it is accepted. But it's just as likely rejected again. The question is how we handle such situations when we strongly believe we are right, but no one will listen. Do we gloat and say "told you so" when our predictions are correct? Do we continue making recommendations when rejected because it's our duty? Do we stop making recommendations because it's pointless and the organization is a bunch of assholes? The Stoics advocate only worrying about what you can control. In this case, it is your reaction to this situation. You cannot control how others will receive and respond to your work. Maybe this idea brings you peace. However, maybe modern organizations are the epicenter of idiocracy. Maybe it's time for something better. #### Related Items [[Analytics]] [[Thinking]] [[Organizational Analytics]] [[Forecasting]] [[Stoicism]] [[Stupid]]