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The most common mistake made in knowledge work, is sending a document around with action “please review this and let me know your comments”.

The intentions are noble.  In fact, other problems will develop, if documents aren’t reviewed.

The expectations are known.  Well, perhaps it’s more appropriate to say both parties know the expectations.  Sort of.

The three things wrong with that request are 1) there’s no timeline given to return comments,  2) no indication of what is the preferred format for the comments, and 3) the context is not given to help the reviewer focus on the right thing.