Make, Sponsor, Escalate
Sort every stalled decision into three columns.
Make
Yours alone. Who goes first, whose hours are protected, where freed capacity goes.
Sponsor
Your backing, someone else's hands. The people who do the work design its new shape.
Escalate
Belongs to IT, compliance or the centre. Fewer of them than you think.
An escalation is not a sigh in a status meeting
A named person, a specific ruling, a date, and what happens without it.
When to use When the blockers all look like somebody else's to move.
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