Walk a rumor from panic to context
Sequence Stop, lateral reading, and trace moves while an internal rumor is spreading.
The rumor A major-client cancellation rumor is spreading through three channels. Nobody has seen a primary artifact yet. If each function acts from its own channel, repetition will look like confirmation. SIFT sequence One lane, outside context, original source Use Stop to control the internal spread, lateral reading to leave the rumor thread, and Trace to find the first artifact or person in the chain. React reply in every channel The team learns what is known, what is inferred, and what still needs checking. Rumor control is not silence. It is disciplined routing from repetition to evidence. 01 Contain 02…
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