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The maxim of office happiness is "strong relationship > any problem." If you find yourself constantly couching your language like this with someone, it is an "o
by ipnon 2y ago
The maxim of office happiness is "strong relationship > any problem." If you find yourself constantly couching your language like this with someone, it is an "organization smell" that you need to gain more familiarity with that person! Once you have established rapport, and you both feel free to express yourself a little roughly at times, you spend less time reflecting on your communication and more time exchanging the information needed to build.
If you find yourself having to talk like this all the time at work I recommend reading "An Elegant Puzzle" by Will Larson.
- jimbob45 2y agoThat’s nice to say but there’s a dark underbelly of quietly firing people who don’t quite fit the team culture to achieve such strong relationships. Not always and not immediately, but eventually you either have a black sheep slowly bring your team down or you fire them. Basically the office equivalent of the plot to Hot Fuzz.
- thenoblesunfish 2y agoTrue for your immediate team, but if you work at a giant company where people from all over the world can send you messages and emails and meeting invites, you are always going to have to deal with people who you haven't gotten to know well and maybe have never even met!