Ask for no, don't ask for yes (2022)

Re:Ask for no, don't ask for yes (2022) by fendy3002 on Sunday February 23, 2025 @12:52AM (#43147009)

this is a silver bullet for something that needs to be done on a specific timeframe, otherwise it'll be bad. Since the "Boss x do not give approval for it" won't cut in as a reason, and boss x needs to know this before you're doing it.

Of course criticality matters. The more critical it is, the more required for you to do a more personal message with said boss, like slack, dms, up to meeting face to face for approval.

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Re:Ask for no, don't ask for yes (2022) by donalhunt on Sunday February 23, 2025 @02:19AM (#43147408)

This is an important insight. While the "bias towards action" approach works for smaller things, larger efforts may require change management protocols that capture explicit approvals. In regulated industries, you may have no choice but to capture approvals in some official manner (with ink sometimes).

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Re:Ask for no, don't ask for yes (2022) by fendy3002 on Sunday February 23, 2025 @07:11AM (#43148726)

Of course condition and situation matters, as you've said in regulated industries. Be selfish, if you taking action will net you a worse outcome for you, better wait for approval.

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