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It's candid, but not benign because the truth isn't benign. You're quite correct. not supposed to say the truth ... supposed to pretend But in the above you'
by PhantomGremlin 11y ago
It's candid, but not benign because the truth isn't benign.
You're quite correct.
not supposed to say the truth ... supposed to pretend
But in the above you're missing a key word in two places:
not supposed to publicly say the truth ... supposed to publicly pretend
And that is the essence of the problem. Any business that wants to survive must have ongoing internal discussions based on reality. However, their public face should necessarily be quite different. This was explained in Bull Durham:
Crash Davis: It's time to work on your interviews.
Ebby Calvin LaLoosh: My interviews? What do I gotta do?
Crash Davis: You're gonna have to learn your clichés.
You're gonna have to study them, you're gonna have to
know them. They're your friends. Write this down:
"We gotta play it one day at a time."
Ebby Calvin LaLoosh: Got to play... it's pretty boring.
Crash Davis: 'Course it's boring, that's the point.
Write it down.
- draw_down 11y agoI disagree somewhat, plausible deniability is the key. You acknowledge reality in internal discussions, but it is still coded in a way that is plausibly deniable and full of euphemism. This is covered in V. Rao's "The Gervais Principle", specifically the section on "Powertalk" http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/11/11/the-gervais-principle-ii-posturetalk-powertalk-babytalk-and-gametalk/ http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/11/11/the-gervais-principle-i...
- PhantomGremlin 11y agoExcellent link! My engineer Loser brain is about to explode. Those are secrets of management Sociopaths. It's anathema to me, but maybe I'm just Clueless. :)
- RachelF 11y agoThat is a mind-blowing link. The world of managers is all perception management, while us engineers live in a real world of things.