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Judgment & ambiguity · Decisions under uncertainty

A client signed off on a full design concept, but you can tell from their tone and body language in the review that they're not actually happy — though they haven't said so. Do you proceed on the sign-off you have, or act on the discomfort you're reading? What do you do?

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I act on the discomfort, because a sign-off I can tell is hollow will come back as painful rework or a lost client at delivery, and "but you approved it" is a losing argument even when it's true.

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