I have heard this quote or something similar before... Bad ideas sometimes win because of the skills of the communicator. So true. Loud wins. Crazy sometimes wins. Obnoxious wins far too often. And manipulators sometimes win because they are very good at it. What do they all have in common? The ability to be loud. And that can be meant figuratively. So, more accurately, the ability to be heard above the others. Think of it like voting and you pick a candidate simply because you remember seeing their name often on those stupid little signs in people's yards. It should probably be the reason not to vote for them, but they are hoping the reverse is true...and it often is.
Think of it almost as a different take on “The squeaky wheel gets the grease” only from a different angle. And a more dangerous angle. Why? Because the squeaky wheel one is the complainer. Everyone knows who that is and they appease them by giving them what they want. Sometimes that’s one of my two year olds. Sometimes that was our oldest daughter, but she's married now. Always that was one of our lead developers at my first employer. But the ‘bad ideas’ one…that’s way more dangerous because that could be anyone on any project team in the history of project management or any project manager in the history of project management offices or….well, you get the picture...
Think of it almost as a different take on “The squeaky wheel gets the grease” only from a different angle. And a more dangerous angle. Why? Because the squeaky wheel one is the complainer. Everyone knows who that is and they appease them by giving them what they want. Sometimes that’s one of my two year olds. Sometimes that was our oldest daughter, but she's married now. Always that was one of our lead developers at my first employer. But the ‘bad ideas’ one…that’s way more dangerous because that could be anyone on any project team in the history of project management or any project manager in the history of project management offices or….well, you get the picture...
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