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Push Back on Fake Expedite
Respond to an expedite request by naming cost, displacement, and decision owner.
Evan E Senior stakeholder 1 Acknowledge 2 Name signal 3 Offer move Conversation pressure 20 sec The moment A senior leader says the dashboard wording change 'must go today.' Your expedite lane already contains a customer-facing outage, and the team is at its WIP limit. Strong pushback makes tradeoffs explicit instead of challenging authority directly. bad phrase can turn policy into conflict beats: intent, signal, next move Framework 2 min
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