On Saturday, 20 June 2015 at 11:23:21 UTC, Kagamin wrote:
Our management tries to apply best practices, it works most of the time.
When you have sensitive, smart, and creative people, one should expect sometimes more sturm and drang - and the question is what one does with that energy once it has passed. Actually, what the article didn't address is that there is sometimes a tradeoff between being 'nice' (a peculiarly Anglo thing, for which we have Cardinal Newman and his essay on the Gentleman to thank) and doing what's right for the situation - it's always much better, in my experience, to confront things.
I think the D community stands out for its civility and helpfulness (also for the fact that people have high standards and care about making sure things are up to scratch).
So I didn't intend by posting this to refer to anything recent on the forum. It's just notably relevant to broader experience in many different office environments.
The newer title of the NYT article is better - this is more a symptom of distractedness, and less about bosses (who have a lonely, often verging on impossible job) - it applies to us all as human beings in 2015.
