{
  "schema": "vedokrok.public-item.v1",
  "release_id": "MHC-RPUB-20260920-75ad787a",
  "url": "/knowledge/ask-for-the-smallest-approval-that-unlocks-learning",
  "id": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-9086",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "title": "Ask for the smallest approval that unlocks learning",
  "summary": "Reduce the commitment before reducing the quality of evidence.",
  "kind": "protocol",
  "body": "Request only the authority, access or budget needed for the next informative test. Preserve a clear boundary beyond which another decision is required.",
  "limits": [
    "Influence should remain evidence-based and transparent. Do not hide material risks, manufacture urgency or manipulate stakeholders into consent."
  ],
  "topics": [
    "union-lead-without-authority-stakeholder-systems"
  ],
  "intents": [],
  "source_ids": [
    "RS-A0FA5CC4C12B8253"
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "A 2024 meta-analysis concluded that team reflexivity can support team performance but that benefits vary with team design conditions, and participation-supportive leadership is related to reflexivity through psychological safety.",
      "source_id": "RS-A0FA5CC4C12B8253",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "Reflection competes with execution time and should be tied to a concrete adaptation question rather than become an always-on ritual.",
      "locator": "Abstract and highlights"
    }
  ],
  "use_when": [
    "When stakeholders resist a large commitment but useful evidence could be gathered with a smaller reversible step."
  ],
  "avoid_when": [
    "Influence should remain evidence-based and transparent. Do not hide material risks, manufacture urgency or manipulate stakeholders into consent."
  ],
  "example": "Ask for a sandbox data extract and two-day prototype, not approval for the full integration program.",
  "check": "The approval is small, reversible and tied to a named learning question.",
  "steps": [
    "Define the next uncertainty to reduce.",
    "Request the minimum reversible action.",
    "State what remains unapproved.",
    "Return with evidence before expanding scope."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "RS-A0FA5CC4C12B8253",
      "title": "A Meta-Analysis of Team Reflexivity: Antecedents, Outcomes, and Boundary Conditions",
      "url": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrmr.2024.101042"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "from": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-9086",
      "to": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-9087",
      "type": "use_before",
      "url": "/knowledge/convert-resistance-into-a-testable-concern"
    }
  ],
  "collections": [
    {
      "id": "RC-47952011564F7728",
      "title": "Lead without formal authority: stakeholder decisions, delegation, voice, and team learning",
      "url": "/collections/lead-without-formal-authority-stakeholder-decisions-delegation-voice-and-team-learning"
    }
  ]
}