When Analysis Turns Into Storytelling

Once outcomes become visible, analysis often shifts into reconstruction. What happened is explained. A coherent narrative forms. This is appropriate when accountability is required, but it changes the role analysis can play.

Arbitration reconstructs what happened to explain an outcome. Analytic governance intervenes before the narrative is fixed.

Interrupting Decisions Before Stories Harden

Both arbitration and governance rely on evidence and reasoning. The difference is direction. One looks backward to explain outcomes. The other intervenes while decisions can still change. That intervention role is the purpose of analytic governance.
Why Analytic Governance Exists