[jessicas_rabbit]

Summary: The ex-AT&T CEO author writes an entire article to interpret some “survey data” so she can voice her opinion on behalf of a demographic she doesn’t belong to. Author fails to even reference the names of those survey data sources.

[kelnos]

I think it's good that someone in an executive position (or at least presumably able to influence others who are in executive positions) is realizing this and writing about this. If only workers are pushing the idea of flexible work arrangements, and all executives are still on the "come to an office 9-5 or else" train, it's not going to go very well.

And I don't think she was trying to speak for individual contributors. She was focusing on the concept that, for a business, the "what" and "why" of what gets done is what really matters, not the "where" or "when".

It was notable to me that she also mentioned leaving the "how" to employees to figure out, and that it's widely understood already that managers who micromanage don't have successful teams (not saying there aren't still terrible managers, but...). Management also needs to recognize that the "where" and "when" should also not be micromanaged.

[jessicas_rabbit]

IMO it’s valuable that the author tells my boss to focus asking me “how” and “why” I want to do things.

This value is partially lost when they use the leading caption & bottom half of their article to sell my boss on survey results via a particular demographic favoring one particular “how” and “why” outcome.

[nisegami]

We're well into the post-truth era at this point, so this doesn't really change anything.