Name the cost of silence

The move: compare the discomfort of speaking with the cost of not speaking. Silence can feel polite in the moment and expensive later. When a team is about to make an external promise, commit budget, or lock a plan, an unspoken concern can become rework, customer damage, or avoidable conflict. Use the cost of silence only when the stakes justify it. The phrase is not a license to dramatize every preference. It is a way to explain why this concern needs airtime now. A useful structure is: "I want to name the cost of not raising this now. If we…

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