In the recent episode of the podcast (3 Communication Missteps), assumptions were a culprit. They were labeled bottlenecks. They stop the flow of communication. In the best of cases, they hinder communication.
Risk is the other bottleneck.
It’s not that you don’t know what to say.
It’s that you feel it’s too risky to say what you need to say.
It’s another bottleneck that keeps the oil from flowing in the engine of school culture.