A Silent Cause of Bad Business Decisions

Re:A Silent Cause of Bad Business Decisions by almata on Monday October 31, 2016 @01:13PM (#12838744)

> I make sure to preface my suggestions to the team with, "Now, this is probably another terrible manager-idea, but how about we…".

Does this work for you? I mean, do you get more constructive criticism using this? I tend to think in real life we are programmed to agree with our managers most of the time. Have you received more sincere feedback when you start saying this?

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Re:A Silent Cause of Bad Business Decisions by falsedan on Monday October 31, 2016 @01:32PM (#12838959)

Yeah, it makes it easier for people to push back, disagree, or propose alternatives. Part of it is that, as a manager, I really shouldn't be making suggestions for engineering approaches, and I try to defuse the feeling of "my boss told me to do this" by explicitly pointing out that I'm usually wrong.

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Re:A Silent Cause of Bad Business Decisions by taurath on Monday October 31, 2016 @01:31PM (#12838948)

Just indicating that you are okay with being incorrect is enough to garner at least SOME contrary opinions.

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Re:A Silent Cause of Bad Business Decisions by mamcx on Monday October 31, 2016 @01:38PM (#12839023)

Probably if is a trend, instead of a single remark here and there..

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