Identify a masking cue and choose a verification move before assuming agreement.
The words say yes; one cue suggests the cost may be hidden. Find the risky cue before the team treats the agreement as real capacity. Aisha’s tight jaw and pressed lips while agreeing Correct. A tight jaw while saying yes is a possible anger or strain cue. Check the capacity trade-off rather than assuming clean agreement. The open laptop on the table The laptop is context, not an emotion cue. It does not tell you whether the agreement is accurate. The teammate looking away after the agreement Useful supporting context, but it is secondhand. Start with the speaker’s own masking…
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