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Bystander Effect

Diffusion of Responsibility.

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If

In an emergency, the more people who are present, the less likely any single person is to take action. "Someone else will handle it." In engineering, a page sent to a group channel often means nobody responds.

Then

Never say "Can someone look at this?" Instead, say "@name, you are investigating this." Assign a single, named owner for every incident.

Unless

Explicit Role Assignment / Incident Commander

Source

John M. Darley & Bibb Latané, Bystander Intervention in Emergencies: Diffusion of Responsibility (JPSP, 1968).

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