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At the very least an escalation will take time. It will languish in an inbox. It will comprise the un-knitted air of an un-returned phone call or an ignored chat. This process will last for days or weeks. Then, when the awaited answer arrives, it is never quite the one the enquirer seeks. {{sex|She}} may seek further input from another colleague, initiating the launch sequence for an [[escalation circle]]. It may partially answer the question, or ambiguously, or in terms so vague that the enquirer isn't sure wheat to do next. and it may be so obviously couched in the language of slidery that the enquirer is sort afraid to take it at face value. “[[At this stage]] I would be [[inclined]] [[I don't disagree with you|not to disagree]] with this view”
At the very least an escalation will take time. It will languish in an inbox. It will comprise the un-knitted air of an un-returned phone call or an ignored chat. This process will last for days or weeks. Then, when the awaited answer arrives, it is never quite the one the enquirer seeks. {{sex|She}} may seek further input from another colleague, initiating the launch sequence for an [[escalation circle]]. It may partially answer the question, or ambiguously, or in terms so vague that the enquirer isn't sure wheat to do next. and it may be so obviously couched in the language of slidery that the enquirer is sort afraid to take it at face value. “[[At this stage]] I would be [[inclined]] [[I don't disagree with you|not to disagree]] with this view”


Working theory: the '''fact''' of an escalation—the very interposition of an approval step, ''in itself'', in which one part of the [[meatware]] shunts a problem to another part of the [[meatware]]—causes more in aggregate delay, confusion, aggravation and second-order bureaucracy than is ''ever'' solved by the resolution it promises to deliver.  
{{box|Working theory: The very '''fact''' of an [[escalation]]—the very interposition of an approval step, ''in itself'', in which one part of the [[meatware]] shunts a problem to another part of the [[meatware]]—causes more in aggregate delay, confusion, aggravation and second-order bureaucracy than is ''ever'' solved by the resolution it promises to deliver.}}


===[[Sales]] escalations===
===[[Sales]] escalations===