SMALL-TALK-MASTERY5 MIN READ
Stop the Joke Without Freezing the Room
Choose a light intervention that preserves safety and keeps the conversation moving.
The room is watching whether absent colleagues are safe. The best move interrupts the target pattern and redirects without making the intervention about your virtue.
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