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remember this next time your coworkers shoot down your next great idea.
by lemuurd 9y ago
remember this next time your coworkers shoot down your next great idea.
- jschwartzi 9y agoThe lesson here is really that if you want your brilliant idea to be taken seriously you need to mitigate the risks and limit the uncertainty before you even present it.
- anigbrowl 9y agoFor which you frequently need a budget. How about just changing the power structures or decision making process? The best way to do that is to open it up to a wider pool of voters.
- jschwartzi 9y agoWhat? Neither I nor GP were talking about elections, voting, or government.
- anigbrowl 9y agoNeither am I. Businesses and departments therein have budgets, committees, and so on. A flatter networked corporate structure where more employees can vote on proposals may be better than pyramidal hierarchies. Why you would assume I was talking about government is beyond me. This article is literally discussing creative ideas being shot down by committees, and committees conduct votes.
- jschwartzi 9y agoI assumed you were talking about government because I have never heard of a company "voting."
- anigbrowl 9y agoShareholders and boards of directors vote all the time, albeit with varying degrees of impact. I'm astonished that you wouldn't know this.