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:PROPERTIES:
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#+title: The art of circumlocution
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* TODO [[file:let-people-fail.org][Let people fail]]
* [[file:let-people-fail.org][Let people fail]]
* [[file:big-companies][The problem with large organizations]]
* TODO [[file:job-description.org][Just what is it you do here?]]
* TODO [[file:managing-expectations.org][Managing Expectations]]

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* How (and why) to let people fail
Warning: This, like most things, will involve a fair bit of projection.
I have some thoughts about collaboration.
Effective and enjoyable collaboration with other people requires mutual trust.
While a lot of this is obvious and well accepted, I think there are some fine points worth elaborating on.
I believe that for someone to feel trusted by another person then they need the space to fail.
The obvious part is that people work better together when they believe they are trusted. Trust breeds initiative and independence. Distrust breeds resentment and inaction.
I _think_ this is obvious when considering what not having the space to fail looks like.
Consider the flip side of trust, for a moment.
Not having the space to fail means your collaborator is doing one of two things:
A common way that people show _distrust_ when collaborating is either micromanaging or just coming in behind someone and redoing their work.
1. Directing every action you take a.k.a. micromanaging
2. Coming behind you and redoing all of your work
If that demonstrates distrust then
Both of these are attempts by the other person to minimize risk (or simply cases where they're failing to manage their own anxieties).
It's not enough that you simply _do_ trust someone else to get the benefits, you need to show it. I think this is the part that many people skip or ignore.
These actions are counter productive to fostering trust and should be avoided unless failure is too costly.
This is, of course, true in general.
I'm _not_ saying all collaboration _requires_ building trust. There are times when you simply can't afford failure or mistakes.
What I am saying is that people frequently misjudge the value in deliberately giving others the space to fail for the sake of fostering trust.
Building trust is important and we should do it deliberately.

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