(1). A person designated in a meeting to encourage honesty and candor (even though most questions are planted by management to make it look like everyone is happy and supportive).
“Okay, Mike…you’re going to be the Yoda in the staff meeting today. We want you to make sure people are speaking their minds. Here are some questions you might want to encourage people to ask.”
(1). Something everyone wants to get from everybody, especially when you have no idea what you’re doing (see air cover).
“Looks good, Alex, but I’d like to get Fred’s buy-in before we send it out. I’m not sure either of us really know the downstream impact of this enhancement.”