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I may be wrong, please correct me if I am. The way I read it is pretty synonymous to psychological safety. Sometimes speaking up about an idea in a meeting ope
by ch33z3 7y ago
I may be wrong, please correct me if I am. The way I read it is pretty synonymous to psychological safety.
Sometimes speaking up about an idea in a meeting opens yourself up to be contradicted and challenged in ways that may be percieved as uncomfortable. The lack of vulnerability stifles ideation and promotes groupthink because differing opinions and unconventional ideas won't be shared.
- luckylion 7y agoMh, I think it's the opposite: people won't speak up if they are vulnerable. Tenure gives scientific freedom because it removes the vulnerability of being easily fired. If you're rich, you can be honest, because annoying people and getting fired won't hurt you - you're not vulnerable.
- krupan 7y agoI think you are thinking of the word vulnerable in the same way I instinctively do...
- enneff 7y agoI think it's about expressing vulnerability, not merely being vulnerable (which we all are, and have no control over, whether we choose to express it or not). A simple example of expressing a vulnerability is prefacing a technical opinion with "I'm not too familiar with this technology, but..." or asking a teammate for help with a problem that is giving you trouble.
- luckylion 7y agoThese just don't fit into my understanding of vulnerability. Saying you're not an expert is either honesty (if you're not) or misplaced modesty (if you are / know enough to be sure that what follows after the 'but' is right). This usage gives me a bit of a vibe of "retaking a word". I vaguely get the idea with slurs, but vulnerability isn't a slur, and changing the meaning won't make anybody less vulnerable, it will just make communicating about that which traditionally was called vulnerable harder. A tiny change and that advice makes total sense to me: help others be less vulnerable.
- Izkata 7y agoI completely agree with you; they're using "vulnerable" incorrectly to mean something like "humble" or "modest".