Sometimes I do something like: "Small heads up: I plan to do [thing] at [time/day], unless I hear any objections before then. [optional following paragraph(s)

Sometimes I do something like: "Small heads up: I plan to do [thing] at [time/day], unless I hear any objections before then. [optional following paragraph(s), with link to the issue-tracking task, and/or inline rationale/detail]" This is for things that probably don't need to be discussed, with people with whom you have a good working relationship, but for which a low-friction opportunity for correcting my mistaken assumption is good. If you do it for something that you should've realized probably needs to be discussed, or that you should've realized probably needs an affirmative approval, then bypassing that was a mistake of yours, and damages trust. If you do it when there's some kind of trust problem, then it's dripping with subtext. Like you might be looking to bypass them with weak paper trail, or maybe you're being passive-aggressive in the way you nominally keep them in the loop. Until you fix the trust problem, err on the side of avoiding new misunderstandings.