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I agree with most of the points presented, but I just cannot agree with point 2. In fact, the second point comes across as more like hey-you're-awesome mumbo ju
by froo 18y ago
I agree with most of the points presented, but I just cannot agree with point 2. In fact, the second point comes across as more like hey-you're-awesome mumbo jumbo that I would expect from motivational speakers.
"Good ideas alter the power balance in relationships, that is why good ideas are always initially resisted"
I don't think a blanket statement like they are always resisted is quite true. For example, a simple test would be:
2 people are caught in a house fire, person A says "lets get out of here"... person B would have to say "no, lets stay here" for this statement to be true.
Similarly ideas can be resisted because they are actually bad ideas.
If anything, I would say that people are more or less resistant to change, unless there are very obvious reasons for change.
- hooande 18y agoIt seems like you're over analyzing the point he was trying to make. I've seen his point to be true in the corporate environment time and time again. The problem with the standard org chart is that there is one person who is identified as "boss" and with that comes the implication that he generally knows best. If someone else has a different or contrarian idea it kind of goes against the established power structure and has a potential to cause problems.
- froo 18y agoI'm not saying that it's not true a lot of the time as I do believe a lot of good ideas do meet initial resistance, by all means I think that people should be as creative as they can. I just think that the one thing that we are all looking for is validation (especially in an idea rich environment such as this) and that such a blanket statement as "all good ideas are initially resisted" can be misleading, especially if someone misinterprets it as "my idea is being resisted, therefore it must be a good idea"... As Iggy Pop once sang (please excuse the language, but it is probably appropriate) if it looks like shit, sounds like shit, it must be shit But in all seriousness, I wasn't meant to overanalyze the point, I was just trying to provide commentary on why I don't think it is as black and white as was laid out in the post and it only applied to that single point. Thanks for motivating me to explain it a little better, +1 for you!