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# [What is 'Root Cause' and why are we hard to convince?](https://blog.workhub.com/what-is-root-cause-and-why-are-we-hard-to-convince)

 By [Matthew Wall](https://blog.workhub.com/author/matthew-wall)   |  13, February 2017 

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