Delegation Brief
Turns something in your head into a brief someone else can act on, with the decision rights stated so it does not bounce back.
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Running it, start to finish
- Describe the task, the why, and what you know that they do not.
- Push as much as you can into decide-yourself.
- Answer section 7's prompts before sending.
What you get back
The output this produces, every time.
- Leads with intent, so the first unforeseen decision does not come back to you.
- States decision rights explicitly, which is the section whose absence makes delegation into assignment.
- Surfaces context you are assuming they have and probably have not shared.
Getting better results
Where this usually goes wrong, and how to avoid it.
- Be generous with decide-yourself. A short list there means you have assigned a task, not delegated it, and you will still be doing the thinking.
- Write section 4 properly. History and politics are the things people cannot discover and will be judged for missing.
- Define good enough. Without it people either over-invest or guess. Both cost more than the sentence would have.
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