What the Best Leaders Say Issue 18 There’s a particular kind of defeat that only happens to people who did their homework. When the sloppy pitch gets dismissed, everyone understands why. But the rigorous one, the one where every number checks out and every box is ticked, sometimes gets dismissed too, and that one hits us differently. If it’s ever made you doubt whether facts still count for anything, this issue is for you. Facts count. They’re just not doing the job you think they're doing....