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I don't believe that "each word in each talk of each employee in each company should be scrutinized". I do believe that if you're giving a talk on behalf of yo
by GuiA 12y ago
I don't believe that "each word in each talk of each employee in each company should be scrutinized".
I do believe that if you're giving a talk on behalf of your company at a major event organized by your company, and your talk contains an extremely inappropriate slide, then either a) your company is terrible at organizing events (and it's a miracle that nothing worse happened) or b) no one in your company cared about that inappropriate slide, in which case your company has terrible culture.
(here gbog is using the 3rd stratagem from Schopenhauer's "Art of Being Right": "Generalize Your Opponent's Specific Statements")
- yohanatan 12y agoor c) the presenter slipped it in at the last minute on his own accord.
- MartinCron 12y agoAnd was never told ahead of time that risky edgy gender humor is a stupid idea in a professional context. Kind of shameful that it even has to be said, but I guess it does.
- gbog 12y agoQuoting you: > (unless any employee was able to give any talk they wanted without any form of supervision, in which case there's a deeper problem here) I think any employee being able to give any talk they wanted without helicopter parenting should be the norm. I think one employee saying once one stupid thing should not be the end of the world. I think everyone should be allowed to say stupid things. We do anyway, right?