low-context culture

1 of our books and 1 talk define this term — and their definitions are worth reading side by side.

High-context culture and low-context culture are extremes in a continuum of how implicit or explicit communication is in a culture.

— Low-Context DevOps, in the text, Thomas Limoncelli (Stack Overflow)

In a low-context culture, communication is explicit. There are rules. You're told what the rules are, and you follow the rules. Knowledge tends to be codified

— Thomas Limoncelli · Low Context DevOps: 3 Ways to End Knowledge Frustration, London 2020 · at 4:41