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"[Leaders] Are Right, A Lot" How is this even a principle ? Just "be right", a lot ?
by Kurtz79 10y ago
"[Leaders] Are Right, A Lot"
How is this even a principle ?
Just "be right", a lot ?
- Denki86 10y ago"They seek diverse perspectives and work to disconfirm their beliefs."
- Kurtz79 10y agoWhich is very sensible, but then the principle would be "[Our leaders] Do not assume they are always right".
- andrewguenther 10y agoThe wording of this principle is probably the one that gets talked about the most internally. People always bring up changing it, but when they rolled out a new revision of the principles two years ago or so, this one stayed the same. It's a shame, because once properly explained it's probably one of my favorite principles.
- dap 10y agoIt's not the only one, though. The last four are either commands ("Dive Deep") or a completion of a sentence starting with "Leaders" (e.g., "Leaders dive deep"). But "Frugality" and "Bias for Action" are just properties of good leaders. The tenses (or parts-of-sentence) are all different.
- beastcoast 10y agoWe used to have "vocally self critical"
- alphadevx 10y agoIt's a characteristic ("good judgement") rather than a principal, agree it makes no sense whatsoever being on this list.
- richardthered 10y agoHire competent people. If you're "wrong", a lot, then you're probably not the right fit for that job.
- ryandrake 10y agoI agree it feels out of place in that list. Most of the rest of the principles are prescriptive: "Do this" or "Take that action" or "Keep this in mind", whereas this one is an after-the-fact measurement. The rest of them are things you can wake up one day and decide to incorporate into your life. "Being right" is not such a thing. They should probably re-write it with something like "Use good judgment" or "Seek diverse perspectives."