The Yes That Means Nothing
Don Eash
Oct 5
1 min read
Updated: Oct 11
The Chameleon says yes in every meeting, and her team has learned there are three of them. The yes that means I heard you. The yes that means I would like this conversation to end. And, rarely, the yes that means she will actually do it. So they have started confirming. A follow-up email. A quiet check with her chief of staff. A second meeting to find out what the first one decided. She thinks she is being agreeable. She has turned her own word into something that needs a receipt.
Tomorrow: the Chameleon from another angle.
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