I explain slowly and patiently why what management is asking us to do is foolish, not feasible, or can’t be accomplished properly in the timeframe given.
I’ve often tried that too, but unfortunately I’ve only been successful sometimes. It’s not as if I haven’t tried to make it as simple as possible - with examples, metaphors and so on. I have the impression that people often just want to hear what suits them. Unfortunately, even or especially when they don’t have the slightest idea. I often get annoyed with myself because I sometimes fail to make people understand that what their highly paid consultants are saying is nothing but buzzwords and hot air. That makes me sad.
Confirmation bias is a hell of a thing. Something to keep in mind is, in some cases you can’t win. With shitty leadership/management sometimes you are damned if you do, damned if you don’t. At the end of the day, it all depends on how much you want/can afford to give to the people you work below. You can only put so much effort into your work before it starts impacting your life outside. I am lucky enough to be able to live by, “I don’t live to work, I work to live.”
I explain slowly and patiently why what management is asking us to do is foolish, not feasible, or can’t be accomplished properly in the timeframe given.
Then I start working on it anyway.
I’ve often tried that too, but unfortunately I’ve only been successful sometimes. It’s not as if I haven’t tried to make it as simple as possible - with examples, metaphors and so on. I have the impression that people often just want to hear what suits them. Unfortunately, even or especially when they don’t have the slightest idea. I often get annoyed with myself because I sometimes fail to make people understand that what their highly paid consultants are saying is nothing but buzzwords and hot air. That makes me sad.
Confirmation bias is a hell of a thing. Something to keep in mind is, in some cases you can’t win. With shitty leadership/management sometimes you are damned if you do, damned if you don’t. At the end of the day, it all depends on how much you want/can afford to give to the people you work below. You can only put so much effort into your work before it starts impacting your life outside. I am lucky enough to be able to live by, “I don’t live to work, I work to live.”