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CURIOSITY-AT-WORK5 MIN READ

Ask the expert without challenging status

Use humble inquiry to ask a senior expert for reasoning without sounding accusatory.

Iris I Staff engineer 1 Purpose 2 Reasoning 3 Next step The moment 20 sec Expert boundary Iris says SSO cannot make the release. You need the reason for a customer call in 30 minutes. Curiosity can either respect the expertise or sound like a status challenge. 30m until customer call $80k renewal at risk

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