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> “I really liked how you tackled this, have you thought about this approach?” Instead of “Why didn’t you do it this way?” Commonly called "Positive, to & try"
by grecy 3y ago
> “I really liked how you tackled this, have you thought about this approach?” Instead of “Why didn’t you do it this way?”
Commonly called "Positive, to & try", taught to Snowboard Instructors.
i.e.
"I really like how you did that, to get even better results, try x"
(I'm being vague to not make it about snowboarding, but it's important to be concrete)
i.e.
Instead of "that took too long, make it faster", use
I really like how you got consensus in that meeting. To make it happen even faster, try outlining the pros and cons of the solution right at start of the meeting.
or
instead of "You're not bending your knees enough", use
I really like how you completed those (snowboard) turns. To get even higher performance, try bending your knees more so the edge of your snowboard bites into the snow harder.
- xxs 3y agoAt some point people understand the 'approach', and it is extra condescending. Being straight/blunt is not about hurting someone's feeling.
- gabereiser 3y agoExcept I’m not imparting some snowbro knowledge. I’m asking if they had indeed, thought about that approach because odds are, we’ll be asked about it. I’m trying to either see if you, indeed looked at all the options and carved the gnarly path forward through it, or didn’t know this other way existed and you could use some of that knowledge to improve your solution. I do know, without a shadow of a doubt, that the VPs will ask - “What about X?” because some vendor is in their ear.
- grecy 3y ago> snowbro knowledge Hey now, Ill have you know I'm a professional snowboard instructor. Certified and all. I get paid to snowboard. It's actually pretty rad.