Excuses ARE results.
They are the terrifying price of passivity.
Most people think excuses explain results. In truth, excuses ARE results - unintentional, reactive, and self-protective results.
Excuse-making is NOT neutral.
It's the active production of outcomes you claim you did not want.
When the speed of change and uncertainty increase, the need to find common clarity exceeds the need to find common ground.
Until we can agree on the facts, there is zero chance we can agree on the desired outcome or the path to get there.