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This is a pretty cynical view. It's not actually a bad thing to make folks feel like they have a sense of ownership over an idea; human nature is human nature a
by borski 5y ago
This is a pretty cynical view. It's not actually a bad thing to make folks feel like they have a sense of ownership over an idea; human nature is human nature and motivating people to work hard and feel ownership is its own challenge.
- jrumbut 5y agoI agree with you. There are enough people in the world who play games to make others suffer that I'm not going to spend much energy resenting people who play games to make others feel good. I do think the author's final point about psychological safety is a good one.
- vagabund 5y agoI think manipulating people into believing something that's not true is a bad thing, even if it improves the bottom line. To think otherwise, I submit, is the truly cynical view.
- kortilla 5y agoBut it doesn’t matter. If two people think they came to the same design together it doesn’t matter if someone else already did ahead of time. The important thing is that they have convinced themselves that it makes sense. You don’t even have to lie. You can go into a meeting as a lead and say that you have an idea of how something might look but you want the group to come up with a design anyway.