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I think this phrasing is really slanted. Premise 1: everybody in a room knows it Premise 2: Nobody is saying it Conclusion: It must be that no one dares to s

I think this phrasing is really slanted. Premise 1: everybody in a room knows it Premise 2: Nobody is saying it Conclusion: It must be that no one dares to say it, as in, people are afraid. Next conclusion: The premises mean they are a bunch of kids, not adult professionals (because adults will say sensitive things out loud while kids won't?) Next conclusion: The premises mean that the participants are unable to deal with anything remotely resembling criticism. Next conclusion: Failure of management to say it out in front of everyone is an example of pandering to quirks. Final (implied) conclusion: The participants should not reasonably want to be empowered, independent, and not micro-managed (since they are unable to deal with anything remotely resembling criticism). The obvious counterpoint to all these conclusions is that there may very well be a better way of handling the situation other than saying it out loud in front of everyone.

onemorepassword 14y ago
In defense of premise 1: if the team members in the room are unaware of the fact that one of them is under performing, it's not a team. You have an entirely different kind of problem. In defense of premise 2: that's pretty much the whole premise of the article, if people do bring it up then whatever problem you may have, team members not holding each other accountable isn't one of them. But this really, really annoys me (and not just me, it's one of the thing I keep hearing from people find it hard to work with us geeks): "a better way of handling the situation other than saying it out loud in front of everyone". For fuck sake, it's not like you're outing someones sexual preference for pink ponies in front of their parents and loved ones! It's about the work, the stuff you're getting paid to do, and it's not even a criticism, it's an observation, nobody is blaming anybody.

onemorepassword 14y ago

In defense of premise 1: if the team members in the room are unaware of the fact that one of them is under performing, it's not a team. You have an entirely different kind of problem. In defense of premise 2: that's pretty much the whole premise of the article, if people do bring it up then whatever problem you may have, team members not holding each other accountable isn't one of them. But this really, really annoys me (and not just me, it's one of the thing I keep hearing from people find it hard to work with us geeks): "a better way of handling the situation other than saying it out loud in front of everyone". For fuck sake, it's not like you're outing someones sexual preference for pink ponies in front of their parents and loved ones! It's about the work, the stuff you're getting paid to do, and it's not even a criticism, it's an observation, nobody is blaming anybody.