Recording of aerospace executive's speech leads to his resignation the next day

Re:Recording of aerospace executive's speech leads to his re... by draw_down on Thursday March 17, 2016 @04:45PM (#11307455)

I disagree somewhat, plausible deniability is the key. You acknowledge reality in internal discussions, but it is still coded in a way that is plausibly deniable and full of euphemism.

This is covered in V. Rao's "The Gervais Principle", specifically the section on "Powertalk" http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/11/11/the-gervais-principle-i...

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Re:Recording of aerospace executive's speech leads to his re... by PhantomGremlin on Thursday March 17, 2016 @05:10PM (#11307637)

Excellent link!

My engineer Loser brain is about to explode. Those are secrets of management Sociopaths. It's anathema to me, but maybe I'm just Clueless. :)

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Re:Recording of aerospace executive's speech leads to his re... by RachelF on Thursday March 17, 2016 @08:12PM (#11308779)

That is a mind-blowing link. The world of managers is all perception management, while us engineers live in a real world of things.

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