I love this framework, but I learned a slightly different one from… Craig Ferguson? At a comedy show? Pretty sure…

The ordering I learned was:

- does this need to be said? - does this need to be said by me? - does this need to be said by me, now?

I find this construction particularly useful in the “lead/senior/principal/blame-sink” role, as I’m typically trying to get the team to come to a conclusion without my explicit direction. Once it gets to the “okay, this needs to be said by me, now” moment, I pull the trigger. Otherwise, I try to just nudge the team in the right direction, leaving folks feeling more ownership over their work.