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That is such an unhelpful mantra to keep repeating. It's phrased negatively and offers no enlightenment other than acknowledgement of your ignorance. People qu
by gluggymug 11y ago
That is such an unhelpful mantra to keep repeating.
It's phrased negatively and offers no enlightenment other than acknowledgement of your ignorance.
People qualify as worthy leaders by showing wisdom. Plenty of stuff is not super original (Facebook wasn't the first social network). Prior experience is a great teacher.
Good leaders make plans and manage their risks. Even if they are moving into a new field, they can draw on the skills and experiences of others. Then they prioritise what's important and allocate resources based off that.
As the plans get executed, they monitor progress and adapt accordingly.
There are always uncertainties. If they eventuate, the impact can be good or bad. Planning ahead means assessing the likelihoods and making appropriate contingencies.
Just acting confident is not showing leadership.
- hellameta 11y agoAbsolutely. You can know ultimately that you don't know what you're doing, but still be pretty sure of your heuristic and draw from skills and experiences (as you say). People do not follow and are not inspired by those that will openly claim they have no idea what they are doing. This is a hindsight thing.
- Mz 11y agoYeah. There are also lots of different levels of not knowing what we are doing. People who are competent are confident due to statistical confidence: They have a good idea that they are in the ball park and they have a good idea nothing will go really catastrophically wrong. The mantra we don't know what we are doing really fails to separate the wheat from the chafe -- the people who didn't know every single detail but knew enough to guide a company through a growth process vs the folks who honestly aren't ready to be in business because they would literally starve.