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Most of it boils down to: - what do I know that my direct reports/their direct reports do not know? - what does my manager/their manager know that I don’t kno

• moose_man 3y ago
  Do you have an example of knowing stuff (i.e. corporate politics, project issues, what you are having for lunch today)?
  • orbz 3y ago
    Things coming from above that may not have been communicated down: - Headcount projections for next quarter - New projects on the horizon - A project has been cancelled (seriously, waited 3 weeks to hear of this once, all throw away work) - Results of OKR exercises - What OTHER adjacent teams are up to (they might be building the exact same thing in parallel, someone above both groups is responsible for that getting communicated) - Non-standard corporate holiday is happening, so like don't show up to the office that day - Leadership team off-site, so they won't be available for a couple days - Compliance related activities happening - Disaster recovery drills are underway, expect weird things happening