Addressing a Senior Teammate Who Minimizes Team-Wide Blockers
You’re running standup. Nikhil gives a vague 'still looking into it' update on a dependency that’s delaying another engineer. You want to address this directly but constructively.
Scenario Details
- Goal
- Help the team surface meaningful blockers — especially those that impact others — while preserving trust with senior peers
- Your Role
- Standup Facilitator / Tech Lead
- AI Role
- Senior engineer who avoids talking about risky dependencies
- Difficulty
- Hard