Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips

There is a penalty paid for late changes. It is not just money, it is often in the loss of people.

Ideas spawn ideas. That is the nature of ideas and people. Write something, paint something, sing something, create something so that we can gather and think and create more.

There comes a point, however, where this loses people. Whey do my best when the boss is just going to read it, find his own idea, and tell me to do it all over again. I’ll just do it halfway because we’ll do it all over again anyways.

There go the people. We are wasting their talent. We are getting half efforts and frustrating everyone.

As a manager, do something better. If I want some ideas so that we can discuss and find new ideas, say so. Ask for an outline, a mind map, even some sketches on the white board. Don’t ask someone to write a finished product only to treat it as a sketch to spur thinking. People learn quickly. If the manager is going to toss it out, deliver trash. We don’t want that.