Principlev1

Build verification that is transparent to the delegate

Build verification that is transparent to the delegate rather than hidden, making checkpoints explicit and predictable to maintain trust while ensuring accountability.

Why This Is a Principle

Derives from Most people do not experience themselves as the authority (people don't experience themselves as authority when competing authority present), Humans have a deep, evolutionarily encoded need for (social disapproval registers as survival threat), and Psychological safety—the perception that interpersonal risks (psychological safety precondition for team learning). The principle prescribes transparency in verification to preserve the delegate's sense of authority and safety. Addresses the relational dimension of verification.

Source Lessons

L-0528

Trust but verify

Trust your agents and systems — but build verification into the process, not as an afterthought.

Connections

Derived From (3)

AxiomMost people do not experience themselves as the authority AxiomHumans have a deep, evolutionarily encoded need for AxiomPsychological safety—the perception that interpersonal risks

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