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Thinking Is Not Allowed

I’m not very good at flying by the seat of my pants during encounters with bozeltine managers who demand answers to complex questions on-the-spot, in real-time. When I spontaneously find myself in those situations, I tend to get flustered and make stuff up (more than I normally do (which is a lot)) to appease those in authority.

Rather than calmly saying “(please) let me think about it and get back to you“, I tend to cave and pull some stanky chit out of my arse. Maybe it’s because of the perception that “thinking” isn’t allowed? Maybe it’s because of the expectation that everyone should be perfectly all-knowing? If  BMs were conscious of their irrational behavior when they ask for information, then they’d say “please think about it and get back to me“. But then, they wouldn’t be BMs. They’d be, heaven forbid, empathetic leaders.

  1. Ray's avatar
    Ray
    March 1, 2010 at 7:30 am

    In modern American Management you can not be thoughtful because that is perceived as a weakness. The answer has to be right there, hence it carries down to their dealing with the DICs.

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