See the pressure clearly.
Name the constraint, emotion, and consequence without letting any one of them become the whole story.
THREE STANDARDS
The work before the room.
Say what carries weight.
Use fewer words, make the decision legible, and leave enough room for the truth to travel back.
Keep the private standard.
The practices no one applauds are often what make public steadiness possible.
CONVERSATION PRACTICE
“Clarity is not volume. It is the removal of avoidable uncertainty.”
- BeforeKnow the decision, the listener, and the consequence.
- DuringState the point, invite the relevant facts, and resist filling every silence.
- AfterMake ownership and the next review point unmistakable.
FIELD NOTES