Red

Names the line that ends the plan or sends it up the chain. Reserve it for breaches you refuse to trade against, like safety or a broken commitment. Unlike amber, it buys no more evidence. Require a repeat or confirmation first unless the harm is severe.

Names the line that ends the plan or sends it up the chain. Reserve it for breaches you refuse to trade against, like safety or a broken commitment. Unlike amber, it buys no more evidence. Require a repeat or confirmation first unless the harm is severe.

Example

Your hiking red line: anyone shows heat exhaustion, a blister opens, or the group is still 2 miles out at dusk. Any one of those and the hike ends where you stand, no vote, no "just one more mile."