5 minutes

Ask, then date

Curiosity in the room. Name who the form was built for. Date the next move.

What you’ll be able to do

Identify the practical implication of “Ask, then date” and apply it to one live DHS decision connected to Cultural Humility vs. a Checklist.
Compare the responses to this question and explain your choice: How should the team use the concept?
Document a next step for Ask, then date: Choose one live work object, name a change or formal escalation, assign an owner, and set the date the result will be reviewed.

Apply this

Name one person you were about to reduce to a fact sheet.
Write the question you will ask instead.
Name the analysis box you will still complete.
Name what you will not call humility if the channel stays identical and unnamed.

Put this lesson to work

What you can change

You control whether ask, then date changes a live DHS process connected to Cultural Humility vs. a Checklist or remains information on a page.

What to watch for

The team completes the learning, keeps the same default, assigns no owner, and never checks who carries the burden.

Your next step

Choose one live work object, name a change or formal escalation, assign an owner, and set the date the result will be reviewed.

Try a situation

A team is discussing ask, then date. Someone wants to use the concept to describe which employees or community members “get it” before a live work decision is examined.

How should the team use the concept?

Use it to identify who needs more development before they can participate.

Avoid the concept entirely because disagreement could be uncomfortable.

Use it to examine the process, name what the default misses, and choose one owned change.

Carry this forward

Curiosity in the room. Name who the form was built for. Date the next move.
You control whether ask, then date changes a live DHS process connected to Cultural Humility vs. a Checklist or remains information on a page.
Choose one live work object, name a change or formal escalation, assign an owner, and set the date the result will be reviewed.

Completion is shown by a scenario decision and a saved one-minute commitment.

Choose one live work object, name a change or formal escalation, assign an owner, and set the date the result will be reviewed.

Your next step

What will you do differently this week after Ask, then date?

Apply this lesson to one live work object connected to Cultural Humility vs. a Checklist.

Name the affected people, one process change, the owner, and a review date.

Use the right-door guide if a formal duty or accountable office may be involved.

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Mark this lesson complete

Participation and course completion in this program do not count toward DHS-required training credits unless management, a director, or DHS leadership expressly approves an exception.