Survey Says

Posted on April 17th, 2007 in Customary Drivel, Unsolicited Commentary by Deas

Don’t ask for permission. I started this post weeks and weeks ago. Due to being a responsible netizen, I have postponed publishing it until today. I made a foolish error in Japan - I asked permission to do something. The old adage about forgiveness being easier to obtain than permission rings true here. It’s completely insane. Folks who have been here for a bit understand that if you want to do something you should run with it and include people in it as it matures, or just let the payoff be shared by all. (If something tanks, bury it. Duh. That’s true everywhere.) When you ask someone permission to do something, you are inadvertantly making them responsible for your action. If they sign off on it verbally, they become part of the blame train should it go badly. Therefore, nobody wants to give you a greenlight for random ideas you might have to improve things. Ok, ok, I’m off of my soapbox. The point is, I ran this by a friend of mine at CLAIR, and it sent his world into chaos for a bit.