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Communication & influence · Simplifying the complex

A regulator's audit panel is questioning your driver hours-of-service and telematics data, and they suspect a pattern of violations that's actually a data-mapping artifact between two systems. How do you explain the discrepancy to non-technical auditors?

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With a regulator, credibility beats cleverness, so I anchor on transparency first: I'm not here to explain away violations, I'm here to show you exactly where these numbers come from, and I'll give you the raw records.

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