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From a manipulative boss, that sounds like "convince me I'm right." I try to flip it around and say "here are my assumptions, what information or understanding
by caseysoftware 10y ago
From a manipulative boss, that sounds like "convince me I'm right."
I try to flip it around and say "here are my assumptions, what information or understanding am I missing? why is this is a bad idea?"
We all miss things due to our own biases, lack of understanding or information, experiences, or even just not being on that email thread. I think my questions have worked because it plays towards people who want to demonstrate how smart or well-informed we are... and we're all there at some point. :)
- vehementi 10y agoI just straight up say, here's a bad naive way to do this. How can we improve on it or do it differently? It's unlikely I've come up with the best solution in the world and the people on my team, who are probably smarter than I am, together will be able to get a lot closer