The need for “impact” in performance evaluations is also the cause of a lot of bike shedding. I had a meeting the other day where my manager sent our team and

The need for “impact” in performance evaluations is also the cause of a lot of bike shedding. I had a meeting the other day where my manager sent our team and told us to “be visible so we have something to report for year end about broader impact.” We basically disrupted a meeting with poorly thought out commentary to put “cross pollination” on our self summaries.