Comments on: Let’s hide the ugly truth underground? http://www.writingforyeu.eu/2010/02/lets-hide-the-ugly-truth-underground/ A blog for a team. Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:19:38 +0200 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Thibault Lesénécal http://www.writingforyeu.eu/2010/02/lets-hide-the-ugly-truth-underground/comment-page-1/#comment-2706 Thibault Lesénécal Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:44:14 +0000 http://www.writingforyeu.eu/?p=2925#comment-2706 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Kriistina wonders if one should always tell the (bad) truth. "Let’s hide the ugly truth underground?" http://bit.ly/aOJ3Ec</span></span> Kriistina wonders if one should always tell the (bad) truth. "Let’s hide the ugly truth underground?" http://bit.ly/aOJ3Ec

]]> By: Julien Frisch http://www.writingforyeu.eu/2010/02/lets-hide-the-ugly-truth-underground/comment-page-1/#comment-2021 Julien Frisch Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:25:11 +0000 http://www.writingforyeu.eu/?p=2925#comment-2021 My own experience within institutions is that the lack of open criticism in daily routine makes it very hard to voice any criticism when it is really needed because it quickly sounds rude. It's like in the story with the naked emperor... But in a good personal or professional relationship criticism must be possible if you want to make things better. This doesn't mean that you need to be unnecessarily rude, but it means that it should be agreed that everyone should tell when the emperor is naked. And then one can have an open discussion about both sides of the story and in the end one comes to an agreement that will serve the interest of the organisation or idea one is working for, not just one's personal hopes never make any mistakes (which is an illusion). My own experience within institutions is that the lack of open criticism in daily routine makes it very hard to voice any criticism when it is really needed because it quickly sounds rude.

It’s like in the story with the naked emperor…

But in a good personal or professional relationship criticism must be possible if you want to make things better. This doesn’t mean that you need to be unnecessarily rude, but it means that it should be agreed that everyone should tell when the emperor is naked.

And then one can have an open discussion about both sides of the story and in the end one comes to an agreement that will serve the interest of the organisation or idea one is working for, not just one’s personal hopes never make any mistakes (which is an illusion).

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