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As someone else pointed out, this is intention-based communication — in the style of Turn This Ship Around.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16158601-turn-the-ship-a...

We’re informing the manager of our intention, but we already decided it was a good idea at the engineering level. We’re not really soliciting input, eg, whether that’s a good idea or not. However, there might be conflicts we’re not aware of, eg, “Wednesday is bad, since there’s a demo that day.”

Asking if there are concerns is soliciting that information — but being clear about what you’re asking.



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