Comments on: Living In a “Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt” Culture http://devinetics.com/2008/03/25/living-in-a-%e2%80%9cfear-uncertainty-and-doubt%e2%80%9d-culture/ Thoughts on Leadership, Management, and Career Growth in Silicon Valley Mon, 09 Apr 2012 04:22:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jashoda http://devinetics.com/2008/03/25/living-in-a-%e2%80%9cfear-uncertainty-and-doubt%e2%80%9d-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-142 Jashoda Mon, 19 May 2008 21:21:55 +0000 http://devinetics.com/?p=24#comment-142 Communication in this culture, frequently is translated as being able to effectively deliver a message. I wish more people sharpened their listening skills. Actively listening to stakeholders and customers can easily dilute our complex perceptions of a hot issue :) Communication in this culture, frequently is translated as being able to effectively deliver a message. I wish more people sharpened their listening skills. Actively listening to stakeholders and customers can easily dilute our complex perceptions of a hot issue :)

]]> By: Keith http://devinetics.com/2008/03/25/living-in-a-%e2%80%9cfear-uncertainty-and-doubt%e2%80%9d-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Keith Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:12:03 +0000 http://devinetics.com/?p=24#comment-51 So I believe I understand what you are saying, which means I guess I don't :-P ... seriously though... Agree on communication of clear deliverables. But I don't believe that goals need to be 'common' in order to be effective. In fact that can be the death of any X-functional collaboration. For instance, one groups reason for existence will have goals that may, as you quite correctly pointed out, appear incongruous with another groups goals (also derived from their valid reason for existence). Common goals blur the functional differences between disparate groups, or worse, get lip service and you are back at square one. In fact the only effective solution is communication, as you pointed out, but coupled with empathy for other groups goals, and reaching consensus (which does not equal unilateral agreement) on the best way to move forward... ... but I have probably missed the point. So I believe I understand what you are saying, which means I guess I don’t :-P

… seriously though… Agree on communication of clear deliverables. But I don’t believe that goals need to be ‘common’ in order to be effective. In fact that can be the death of any X-functional collaboration.

For instance, one groups reason for existence will have goals that may, as you quite correctly pointed out, appear incongruous with another groups goals (also derived from their valid reason for existence).

Common goals blur the functional differences between disparate groups, or worse, get lip service and you are back at square one.

In fact the only effective solution is communication, as you pointed out, but coupled with empathy for other groups goals, and reaching consensus (which does not equal unilateral agreement) on the best way to move forward…

… but I have probably missed the point.

]]> By: Bill http://devinetics.com/2008/03/25/living-in-a-%e2%80%9cfear-uncertainty-and-doubt%e2%80%9d-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Bill Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:08:37 +0000 http://devinetics.com/?p=24#comment-43 Couldn't agree more....failure to truly communicate leads to breakdown. Whenever I read about team communications or lack thereof, I'm always reminded of large technical solutions or systems. And how quickly the entire system grinds to a halt when the interfaces between components is not agreed upon, developed against or tested. Couldn’t agree more….failure to truly communicate leads to breakdown.

Whenever I read about team communications or lack thereof, I’m always reminded of large technical solutions or systems. And how quickly the entire system grinds to a halt when the interfaces between components is not agreed upon, developed against or tested.

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