“It’s Easier To Ask Forgiveness Than To Get Permission”

Re:“It’s Easier To Ask Forgiveness Than To Get Permission” by carlisle_ on Thursday June 21, 2018 @03:14AM (#17362831)

None of these are a license to forge ahead anyway. All of these problems have their own solution that should be addressed, and most definitely not by just doing what you want anyway.

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Re:“It’s Easier To Ask Forgiveness Than To Get Permission” by Udik on Thursday June 21, 2018 @03:45AM (#17362955)

And while you address and solve all those problems one by one, I'll just go ahead with my solution, thank you :)

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Re:“It’s Easier To Ask Forgiveness Than To Get Permission” by LaGrange on Thursday June 21, 2018 @05:50AM (#17363519)

Yes, I think that it's likely that a dysfunctional institution would be unable to prevent you from doing that, and it's likely the reason why you're a part of it.

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Re:“It’s Easier To Ask Forgiveness Than To Get Permission” by ukj on Thursday June 21, 2018 @09:45AM (#17364990)

An alternative perspective: If you think you work in an institution that CAN and DOES prevent that (e.g the engineers are NOT in control), then how quickly can you respond to real emergencies?

You can make such actions visible (and hold people accountable after the fact), but blocking engineers from taking action is a no-no!

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Re:“It’s Easier To Ask Forgiveness Than To Get Permission” by gowld on Thursday June 21, 2018 @02:13PM (#17367803)

Dysfunctional institution beats a non-functional institution that dissolved because it got nothing done and lost cash flow to pay the workers.

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