You're a research manager. Compute allocation for Q3 just got cut 20%. You have five projects, two of which the CEO has publicly named. Your team is demoralized. How do you decide what to pause and how do you tell them?

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Stay specific. One example, told well, beats three told fast. Make your decisions visible — what you chose between. End on what changed, for whom.

You're a research manager. Compute allocation for Q3 just got cut 20%. You have five projects, two of which the CEO has publicly named. Your team is demoralized. How do you decide what to pause and how do you tell them?

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