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by tasty_freeze
938 days ago
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Obviously, I don't know the specifics about you. However, one thing I have witnessed many times is the following. Just about every decision a team considers involves tradeoffs; if not, then it would be a no-brainer and there would be no need to convene a team to discuss it. Getting to the point now, some people will, no matter which alternative is under consideration, do nothing but point out the downside of choosing every option, even if that downside is obvious and known to everyone. Such people aren't insightful contrarians, they are a drag on problem solving. It is also politically safe: no matter which decision is arrived at, if things go wrong they can tsk tsk and say I told you so. Usually the quickest way to shut them up it to ask them: OK what is your suggestion for what we should do? |
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