The Feedback Timing Ladder
Choose feedback timing by weighing work risk, emotional heat, and future usefulness.
A peer interrupts a vendor twice. Use the ladder to choose timing before choosing words. Peer-feedback timing ladder Live work risk fix now highest urgency Private same-day SBI when heat drops strong learning Before-next-time feedforward future cue best habit build Delayed review low urgency lower signal Use now only when the work is actively at risk Same-day private feedback preserves specificity The vendor call ends in two minutes and no further damage is happening. What is the strongest timing choice? Wait until after the call, then use a private SBI sentence and agree on a feedforward cue for the next…
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