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Respond when experience is dismissed as outdated

Address age-coded dismissal of experience with care and directness.

Theo T Product Lead Theo dismisses a senior colleague's risk warning as old-world thinking. The team is about to lose useful risk memory. Care plus direct challenge Keep the debate rigorous while removing age-coded status moves. Challenge ideas without shrinking people. Interrupt Theo: "That is old-world thinking." What do you say? Refocus Theo: "I mean the market changed." How do you refocus? Include Senior operator: "I have seen this fail before." How do you include the experience? Sharper debate

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