Despite internal warning signs, leaders fixate on positive external results to explain away the growing array of negative data, or define problems as passing, temporary ones.

尽管企业内部已经出现了危机的征兆，但领导者仍热衷于外部喜讯，并借此为不断增长的负面数据开脱，或是把问题定义为偶然和暂时的。

youdao

Since October 2001 emergency services have had to to retrieve vehicles and occupants from the ford on 23 occasions, despite warning signs on either side of the crossing.

BBC: Call for Stanhope Ford's permanent closure

Despite warning signs that the Internet boom had gone too far, Cotsakos remained focused on stock-trading, which peaked at an average 308, 000 orders a day in April 2000, and kept up the juvenile ads.

FORBES: Magazine Article

However, despite removing warning signs, it added that beach users should exercise caution until the sewage network was back to normal.

BBC: Torbay sewage pumping 'not affecting beach water quality'