Impact Trust • Working glossary
Permission structure
Giving people a respectable excuse to change their mind without losing face.
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Our Take
Political/communications jargon. Immediately relevant to humanitarian diplomacy and signal spotting - a concrete example of political cascading risk that practitioners need language for.
Synonyms/Variants
Political cover; Face-saving mechanism; Off-ramp; Overton window shift (related)
Typical everyday wording
Giving someone a respectable reason to change their mind.
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