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02Play · the two stances

The situation“I've just been told the strategy has changed and I have to reset everything by Friday.”

This is a choice between two stances. Decide first whether Friday is a real deadline or a symptom of panic upstairs, then make the matching Play.

Play A

Flood it with bad ideas

If Friday is real — the team genuinely can't move without a direction by…

Play B

Order a day of nothing

If Friday is panic — someone senior needed to feel they'd acted

Each positions you differently for the next conversation. You choose.

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