When I think of false urgency, I think of the infamous shoulder-tap-management style. Illustrated best here: http://heeris.id.au/2013/this-is-why-you-shouldnt-i

When I think of false urgency, I think of the infamous shoulder-tap-management style. Illustrated best here: http://heeris.id.au/2013/this-is-why-you-shouldnt-interrupt-a-programmer http://heeris.id.au/2013/this-is-why-you-shouldnt-interrupt-... Shoulder tapping someone to say "hey I just sent you an email about the thing" is the very definition of false urgency. If you do that, stop. They'll see the email eventually. It can wait an hour.