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I’d be hesitant about this. Author is from Israel. This is very much an Israeli cultural thing where they believe the individual is the issue, not the team. May
by bradlys 6y ago
I’d be hesitant about this. Author is from Israel. This is very much an Israeli cultural thing where they believe the individual is the issue, not the team. Maybe this stems from mandatory military service or something else - it’s not clear to me. This leads to whoever has an authoritative position dictating everything. It’s not that teams get together and decide things as a unit, there’s a dictator somewhere.
But then the dictator makes it seem like it’s what the entire team wants. And says if you go against “the team” then you’re the issue. Meanwhile, no one may agree with the dictator but can’t speak up due to whole team mentality and speaking against is breaking the team values. Effectively, you get gas lit into believing you’re the only one with an issue when possibly all your other team members feel similarly.
It’s a weird culture as an American. It definitely doesn’t prize the rebel in any sense. (I’m not saying being a rebel is inherently good) I’m not saying America doesn’t do this either.
I’ve seen a lot of group think because of this and essentially one person ends up dictating everything while making it seem like it’s really the teams culture. Eventually, people might believe it’s the team culture and forget what they even wanted in the beginning and just learn to live with suboptimal decisions that they didn’t even make. Overall, I’d be hesitant to go against the flow if you’re going to be in a company consulted by this guy. You’ll probably be fired for bringing up anything counter to “the team”. Seen it happen.
- abyx 6y agoI’m sorry, but wut? I’m OP. I work with companies globally, first of all. But Israeli culture, in high tech, is the exact opposite. Even in my military service, I was arguing against a Lt. Colonel when I had 4 months of experience. Chutzpah is what is driving half of the local startups: CEOs have to convince their teams that regularly poke holes in their plans and ideas. Not all companies are that way, but for years I’ve been hearing from people I tend to assume too many people would speak up. First time I’m hearing I have a bias towards the other side.
- pininja 6y agoAfter reading this post I don’t see any themes that would prompt me to make the logic jumps made in your comment. Sure, YRMV implementing advice from any online article.