Things coming from above that may not have been communicated down:
- Headcount projections for next quarter
- New projects on the horizon
- A project has been cancelled (seriously, waited 3 weeks to hear of this once, all throw away work)
- Results of OKR exercises
- What OTHER adjacent teams are up to (they might be building the exact same thing in parallel, someone above both groups is responsible for that getting communicated)
- Non-standard corporate holiday is happening, so like don't show up to the office that day
- Leadership team off-site, so they won't be available for a couple days
- Compliance related activities happening
- Disaster recovery drills are underway, expect weird things happening
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[ 2.4 ms ] story [ 27.4 ms ] thread- what do I know that my direct reports/their direct reports do not know?
- what does my manager/their manager know that I don’t know?
- Headcount projections for next quarter
- New projects on the horizon
- A project has been cancelled (seriously, waited 3 weeks to hear of this once, all throw away work)
- Results of OKR exercises
- What OTHER adjacent teams are up to (they might be building the exact same thing in parallel, someone above both groups is responsible for that getting communicated)
- Non-standard corporate holiday is happening, so like don't show up to the office that day
- Leadership team off-site, so they won't be available for a couple days
- Compliance related activities happening
- Disaster recovery drills are underway, expect weird things happening