Joan immediately noticed something important: while most of the assessments supported doing the deal, they did not paint a simple, rosy, all-systems-go picture. Some of the ratings were strong; others were not. These differences, she knew, were a predictable result of keeping the assessments independent of one another. When excessive coherence is kept in check, reality is not as coherent as most board presentations make it seem. “Good,” Joan thought. “These discrepancies between assessments will raise questions and trigger discussions.
