Evasion
Non-answer
Answers a different question — or none at all — with confidence.
Asked “Would you accept a pilot?” — “What matters is that we stay focused on outcomes.”
- How to spot it
- A fluent reply you can't map back to what you asked.
- How to answer it
- Repeat the question, plainly and briefly, and wait.
Practise against it
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