Date: Fri, 2 May 1997 18:55:22 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: donegan@quick.net (Steven P. Donegan) Cc: terry@lambert.org, jhay@zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za, jdp@polstra.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: -current build is now broken.. Message-ID: <199705030155.SAA09852@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.91.970502180903.19966A-100000@news.quick.net> from "Steven P. Donegan" at May 2, 97 06:14:24 pm
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> > > John, where I work if you bring up a 'problem' or 'issue' guess what - > > > you own it. > > > > That must be remarkably effective in discouraging people from bringing > > up problems -- no matter how critical or damaging to your employer... > > Not really, it tends to keep people focused on need-to-haves rather than > want-to-haves. Works quite well in a team environment where everyone is > already 200% overloaded. And I thought it might work with a volunteer > group that is focused on producing new things that work rather than > making old, now potentially obsolete, things work in somewhat weird ways. > Sorry if I offended anyone. I'll keep my ideas to myself since I've now > been discouraged from expressing them :-) Well, it's called "limiting events while engaging in crisis management"; it's the "crisis management" part that results in people being 200% overloaded in the first place. Feel free to keep posting; I'm not offended (just hoping that you are the competition). 8-). Regards, Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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