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Not really spread like a virus but rather imposed from above. I've worked in organizations where the worst possible thing you could do is not report something
by jordanb 2y ago
Not really spread like a virus but rather imposed from above.
I've worked in organizations where the worst possible thing you could do is not report something negative to your boss. Not reporting carries way worse consequences than the consequences of whatever the original problem is. In such organizations people aggressively forward bad news upward.
I've also worked in organizations where leadership does not want to hear anything bad. Their attitude is that the purpose of their underlings is to fix any problems and if any bad news percolates up to the top, then it's a failure of the people doing the reporting and they should be punished. Such organizations basically end up purging honest management and rewarding liars and yes men.
- mewpmewp2 2y agoWell, I was imagining it as something like a virus because there are companies that are really good initially, but as they get bigger, some of the old people go away, new people arrive, and certain type of new people will be the type to only want to hear good news, and spread good news. This person will also hire similar other people, and the person will initially seem to perform much better than the others around them which incentives others to follow similar suit or otherwise not get as far in their career. So this influence spreads like a virus, but yes it has to start from some part of leadership.