Sizewell C at nPlan Winter AI Day 2026 - Clip #5: The challenge of communicating tough news

At AI Day, PMO Director Carolyn Le Roux shared how the Sizewell C CEO is tackling a well-known issue in major projects: strategic misrepresentation. The approach is simple: there’s no good news or bad news — just news. By removing the label of “bad”, the goal is to remove the pressure to soften, delay, or hide information - and instead create a culture of: transparency over optics, early visibility over late surprises and collective problem-solving over escalation. If there’s no such thing as “bad news”, there’s no incentive to cover it up.