Oppose A Thing
“Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike.” – Alexander Hamilton
If you buy into Hamilton’s quote, then you’ll realize that it explains all kinds of irrational behavior at work by those in charge. Another ditty that explains counterproductive behavior and ludicrous decision-making in mediocracies is:
“It’s not what you say, it’s how you say it.”
When someone is disliked by, or is brutally honest to those in power, even the best ideas offered up by the perceived villain will be rejected. It doesn’t matter if an idea could potentially save the corpocracy tons of money or bring in new business, the idea will be killed in the cradle. Of course, many kinds of clever camouflage and pseudo-rational reasons will be given for the rejection, but the underlying truth is what Mr. Hamilton stated hundreds of years ago.
Who says that business isn’t personal?
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So…do you just hang out in our office and observe? You just described our project director’s primary approach to every job he’s involved in. Frighteningly accurate.
There is a secondary method to this approach. Rather than killing off the idea completely, the manager will either completely disown the project and set you up as the culprit for failure, OR they will marginally change some peripheral element to the solution, and then lay claim to the entire project as their sole effort–without their input, the project would have been doomed, had they not stepped in with their superior business insight.
Either way, They’re the hero, and you’re the zero.
“they’re the hero, and you’re the zero” <— LOL! And brilliant.
Rick, it seems like you're almost as cynical and negative as I am 🙂
yes, but I did it like this [holds hands up in a square framing motion]