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# Ladder of Inference
![[calendar-plus.svg]] <small>Nov 11, 2022</small> | ![[calendar-clock.svg]] <small>Jan 03, 2023</small> 🏷️ [[Communication]], [[Learning]], [[Leadership MOC|Leadership]]
Model developed by [[Chris Argyris]] and [[Don Schon]] to describe the process we use unconsciously to move quickly from the facts of a situation to a conclusion or action (an inference).
![[ladder of inference.jpg]]
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We usually leap up the ladder without testing our reasoning process or the data we started with and assume our conclusions are the "truth."
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## Sources
[[ORGL 615 Discussion Board Primer - Conners]]