Why Demanding 'No Details' Can Be the Fastest Way to Force Real Change
An engineering leader's blunt request to skip the explanations after a workplace incident reveals a common trap: reasonable-sounding excuses that quietly prevent anything from actually changing.
By IntraGoals News DeskPublished September 23, 20263 min read
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Hacker News reports that Why reasonable explanations are one of the easiest ways to avoid changing anything.
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A few months ago I was dragged into a call with my engineering counterpart and their boss (who happens to be our SVP of engineering). Something had gone wrong that shouldn't have. Nothing catastrophic, but important enough that I was now on a call with an SVP.
I started to explain how it happened when they cut me off with "Michael, I don't want the details".
I know that if we get into the details, the reasons will be perfectly reasonable. You'll explain what happened, I'll understand why everyone made the decisions they made, and I'll empathise with you.
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