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If we discount someone's current contributions and ideas because we are disgusted by their past mistakes, we risk losing some useful and insightful things. Thi
by gknoy 14y ago
If we discount someone's current contributions and ideas because we are disgusted by their past mistakes, we risk losing some useful and insightful things.
This speech had a very important message: It's not enough to acknowledge or apologize for mistakes. You need to give yourself (and others) a reason to trust that you won't make similar mistakes in the future. Jonah goes into more detail: you need a standard operating procedure which prevents sloppiness, so that the routine ensures you don't make mistakes.
If you've not read this, because you feel he deserves oblivion, you should read it and pretend it was written by someone else. Also ... if someone deserves "oblivion" for mistakes, even egregious ones, what's the point of rehabilitation?
- kmfrk 14y agoAn apology doesn't get more sincere than when you've been paid $20k to make it! In that light, it's almost performance art.
- a_c_s 14y agoBut his problem isn't that he is sloppy, it is that he is unscrupulous. This isn't some error in procedure, it is a deep character flaw. At best that takes years of self reflection and self refinement to remedy, not a simple list of rules. Rehabilitation for this is possible, but not probable and he should work in a different field that doesn't rely so much on personal integrity.