If it isn’t presented as a theory that might be proven wrong, or an idea that might not work, that’s when my alarm starts going off.
Another signal: trying stuff we already tried that didn’t work, usually with an unconvincing reason why it’s different this time.
You can try the same thing under different contexts and it will probably yield different results (at least in any context that is organizational / social)
If it isn’t presented as a theory that might be proven wrong, or an idea that might not work, that’s when my alarm starts going off.
Another signal: trying stuff we already tried that didn’t work, usually with an unconvincing reason why it’s different this time.