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The Power of Strategic Ignorance

Author
Allison Dunn
Published
Wed 17 Sep 2025
Episode Link
https://deliberatedirections.com/deliberate-leaders-podcast/

Why being the most informed person in the room can actually stall progress

The difference between Strategic Ignorance and willful blindness

Three practical strategies to filter information and improve focus:

The Focus Filter – Align what you consume with your top priorities

The Decision Relevance Test – Only keep information tied to decisions

The Strategic Blindspot Audit – Choose areas to step back and delegate

Stories of leaders who thrived by focusing on what mattered—and ignoring the rest

A challenge for you: Pick three things to stop tracking for one month and notice the results

This episode is for leaders who feel buried in data, executives who can’t move decisions forward, and anyone who wants to sharpen their focus to accelerate results.

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