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Re:How Basecamp Blew Up by mfer on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @08:30PM (#27044604)
The employee putting up that pyramid didn't appear to have the outcome they wanted. It turned into much more. This should be a lesson learned.

I've read a fair number of books on helping things through change. The pyramid being put where it was seemed like a bad idea the moment I read it. The way it was responded to is something I would have expected.

There is a lesson here. If you want to bring about change in others it's about leading them rather than saying what you want to say.

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Re:How Basecamp Blew Up by pseudalopex on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @07:03PM (#27136248)
It depends. Did Hansson read what the employee wrote? Or did he glance at the diagram and react to 1 word? Hansson's reputation and how he handled this situation make me think something would have set him off inevitably.
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