I am, much to the surprise of many who know me only casually, very much an introvert. No, really. I have glib “stage presence,” and don’t shrink from public speaking (or bellowing), but I am profoundly introverted when it comes to more “risky” interactions (i.e., ones in which I might either offend or come off looking like an idiot, regardless of the probability).<\/p>\n
So, a few days ago, when one of our IT managers sent out a note to the Global IT group (all 600-odd of us) soliciting opinions about how to deal logistically with hardware keys for software, I considered, then sent back a note to him alone, weighing in on the subject, offering some suggestions, etc.<\/p>\n
After all, you never do a Reply All to a big global group. Certainly not intentionally.<\/p>\n
More the fool I. Folks saw this as the perfect opportunity to get some global visibility. Over the course of a couple of days, a good dozen people sent a note to every IT person in the company, passing on their concerns, ideas, hopes, kvetches, etc., on the topic. As the rhetoric got more heated (and as I considered that every one of those messages was also going to top IT management), I just shook my head. Not because the suits aren’t open to new ideas, but because they don’t like to have lots of chatter in their in-boxes.<\/p>\n
It was all topped off by someone — call him Bob — waxing lyrical about their pet ideas for global supply management, conveying not only an amazing degree of hubris in the brilliance of their insights, but a profound ignorance of what exactly the corporation already does regarding global supply management.<\/p>\n
At which point, one of the veeps stepped in, declared the message thread formally closed, and pointed out in not-so-gentle terms just what knowledge the last sender was missing on the subject.<\/p>\n
Ouch.<\/p>\n
So, sometimes it’s good to be introverted. Or, at least, polite.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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