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Giselle Hudson | Pre-Decision Diagnostic Advisor | Sensemaking for high-stakes business decisions
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Most costly decisions begin with
an inaccurate understanding of the situation.

I help leaders understand what is actually happening before major decisions are made or
resources are invested in solving the wrong problem.

Tag: denial

  • Funerals Collapse the Illusion of Later

    The finality of a funeral service always acts as a stark reminder of mortality, shattering the human tendency to live as though death is a distant, abstract possibility. The physical reality of the body and the formal ceremony make the loss undeniable, forcing every one in attendance, out of denial or shock and into an…

    Giselle

    December 12, 2025
    🧠 Zone of Genius
    avoidance, clarity versus relief, denial, funerals, mortality, the illusion of safety
  • Misalignment isn’t obvious until it’s catastrophic.

    Every so often, someone insists they’ve found Atlantis — a sunken city, a lost continent, a hidden civilization. The story just won’t die. Plato’s original tale, written around 360 BCE, wasn’t meant as history. It was a metaphor: a powerful civilization brought to ruin by arrogance, corruption, and disconnection from balance. Yet thousands of years…

    Giselle

    August 20, 2025
    ⚙️ Sensemaking in organizations, 🧩 The Hudson Alignment Framework™, Strategic Sensemaking
    Atlantis, business, business models, denial, disconnection, Donella Meadows, feedback loops, limits to growth, misalignment, red flags, teams
  • Denial is Killing Your Business NOT the Economy!

    Published in the Business Newsday – April 12th 2012 Denial is rampant in small businesses today. Often I wonder if perhaps I am insane or making too big a deal about some of the things that I witness daily in organizations. A good client, friend and interestingly enough one of my suppliers recently shared a…

    Giselle

    April 13, 2012
    Strategic Sensemaking
    authentic leadership, awareness, blissful ignorance, business transformation, denial, performance improvement, small business delusions
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