I think the best intention version of it is "I need more time to have this conversation in nuance, but I don't have that time right now."
When IMHO, it's better just to carry secret water as the manager in those circumstances, and have the conversation when you have time to have it.
The key to avoiding spooky messaging is asking "How is the person I'm saying this to going to receive it?" and "What good is going to come from their knowing what I'm going to tell them, between now and the actual conversation?"
Sometimes it's important! Like "Do it this way ASAP, we'll talk about why later." But in the meh version the person cannot do anything productive with "We should talk later." And in the worse version, they're worrying about it.
When IMHO, it's better just to carry secret water as the manager in those circumstances, and have the conversation when you have time to have it.
The key to avoiding spooky messaging is asking "How is the person I'm saying this to going to receive it?" and "What good is going to come from their knowing what I'm going to tell them, between now and the actual conversation?"
Sometimes it's important! Like "Do it this way ASAP, we'll talk about why later." But in the meh version the person cannot do anything productive with "We should talk later." And in the worse version, they're worrying about it.