Walk the high-stakes silence
Use silence as a cue to check for threat, disagreement, or processing before closing a decision.
Senior room The CEO wants a Monday announcement. Everyone nods except the legal lead, who looks still and says nothing. You own the meeting close. If silence is treated as consent, the team may miss the one role whose job is to see risk. Silence is ambiguous Role-based confirmation Do not ask a silent person to explain their face. Ask the role what risk it sees. That turns a fragile emotional read into a legitimate decision input. Assume Silence = yes The room gets risk data without putting the person on trial. Empathic accuracy is higher when your check is…
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