Comments on: Who’s the best person to fix this? http://lizkeogh.com/2009/01/16/whos-the-best-person-to-fix-this/ Software, Training, Coaching, Writing Fri, 18 May 2012 20:36:48 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Steven "Doc" List http://lizkeogh.com/2009/01/16/whos-the-best-person-to-fix-this/comment-page-1/#comment-1458 Steven "Doc" List Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:26:53 +0000 http://lizkeogh.com/?p=397#comment-1458 Fascinating that we're thinking about the same topic at roughly the same time, although from slightly different perspectives. http://www.stevenlist.com/blog/2009/02/03/whose-fault/ Nice. Thanks, Andy! Fascinating that we’re thinking about the same topic at roughly the same time, although from slightly different perspectives.

http://www.stevenlist.com/blog/2009/02/03/whose-fault/

Nice.

Thanks, Andy!

]]> By: liz http://lizkeogh.com/2009/01/16/whos-the-best-person-to-fix-this/comment-page-1/#comment-1366 liz Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:20:50 +0000 http://lizkeogh.com/?p=397#comment-1366 Mmm, that would be the day that I worked through my lunch hour and ended up staying till 6:30. There've been a few of those. If you're one of the people paying for my time and don't think I'm worth it then please come and have a chat - otherwise, let them worry about it! (You are of course welcome to chat at any point - please appreciate that there may be many valuable things we're doing that you don't have insight into. I shall write a blog post about what happened with the hats... in my own time, of course!) Mmm, that would be the day that I worked through my lunch hour and ended up staying till 6:30. There’ve been a few of those. If you’re one of the people paying for my time and don’t think I’m worth it then please come and have a chat – otherwise, let them worry about it!

(You are of course welcome to chat at any point – please appreciate that there may be many valuable things we’re doing that you don’t have insight into. I shall write a blog post about what happened with the hats… in my own time, of course!)

]]> By: Mike Rotch http://lizkeogh.com/2009/01/16/whos-the-best-person-to-fix-this/comment-page-1/#comment-1363 Mike Rotch Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:48:29 +0000 http://lizkeogh.com/?p=397#comment-1363 I'm constantly amazed at how much external consultants can be paid to come up with this tripe whilst sitting at their desks designing witches hats. I’m constantly amazed at how much external consultants can be paid to come up with this tripe whilst sitting at their desks designing witches hats.

]]> By: liz http://lizkeogh.com/2009/01/16/whos-the-best-person-to-fix-this/comment-page-1/#comment-1360 liz Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:21:18 +0000 http://lizkeogh.com/?p=397#comment-1360 Think it's the guys who <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuro-linguistic_programming" rel="nofollow">invented NLP</a> who are the smart ones, to be honest. I'm still learning, and continuously amazed, by how powerful it can be. Think it’s the guys who invented NLP who are the smart ones, to be honest. I’m still learning, and continuously amazed, by how powerful it can be.

]]> By: Ivor Biggin http://lizkeogh.com/2009/01/16/whos-the-best-person-to-fix-this/comment-page-1/#comment-1357 Ivor Biggin Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:03:49 +0000 http://lizkeogh.com/?p=397#comment-1357 Smart Arse Smart Arse

]]> By: Gabriel Schenker http://lizkeogh.com/2009/01/16/whos-the-best-person-to-fix-this/comment-page-1/#comment-1351 Gabriel Schenker Mon, 19 Jan 2009 06:57:07 +0000 http://lizkeogh.com/?p=397#comment-1351 In French there is a proverb saying "C'est le ton qui fait la musique.". Or translated: "It's the tone that makes the music". Just changing one single tone for another one can change the whole thing. Your finding is also compatible with the one that you always should start with something positive (before starting to talk about the not so positive) when giving feedback to a person. The person will then be open to your critique. In French there is a proverb saying “C’est le ton qui fait la musique.”. Or translated: “It’s the tone that makes the music”. Just changing one single tone for another one can change the whole thing.
Your finding is also compatible with the one that you always should start with something positive (before starting to talk about the not so positive) when giving feedback to a person. The person will then be open to your critique.

]]> By: Jason Yip http://lizkeogh.com/2009/01/16/whos-the-best-person-to-fix-this/comment-page-1/#comment-1349 Jason Yip Sun, 18 Jan 2009 09:50:16 +0000 http://lizkeogh.com/?p=397#comment-1349 This reminds me of how John Shook talks about the difference between authority-focus ("who's job is this?") and responsibility-focus ("what's the right thing to do?"). There's an excerpt from his Managing to Learn book here: http://www.lean.org/downloads/mtl_page_81.pdf This reminds me of how John Shook talks about the difference between authority-focus (”who’s job is this?”) and responsibility-focus (”what’s the right thing to do?”). There’s an excerpt from his Managing to Learn book here: http://www.lean.org/downloads/mtl_page_81.pdf

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