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Absolutely. You've no idea the number of times I've sat in a meeting and watched someone who clearly had no idea WTF he was talking about sway a decision maker
by jcadam 9y ago
Absolutely. You've no idea the number of times I've sat in a meeting and watched someone who clearly had no idea WTF he was talking about sway a decision maker because he presented his BS (and also swatted down more knowledgeable dissenters) with extreme confidence.
- marnett 9y agowhat is the best way to combat individuals like this? People that swat down ideas with fallacies of logic, etc.
- albertgoeswoof 9y agoLearn what their goals and objectives are and position your solution to go after that. Use tricks like “that’s a great idea, my only concern is that it might fail in X scenario, Y solution is similar but doesn’t suffer from that specific issue. What do you think?”
- ryandrake 9y agoThis is probably the one and only "work scenario" I've seen play out again and again at every company I've ever worked at, without exception. These people are everywhere.
- albertgoeswoof 9y agoI have never seen this... which makes me wonder if I am the one BSing
- Terr_ 9y agoYou might be working in a sector that they don't consider sexy and exploitable enough.