Hear hear
Michael Weisman wrote:
>
> To everyone who reads this,
>
> I made a comment earlier in response to Gately's analogy of failure in
> selection to a football team. My opinion, valid or not, should not become a
> platform to start calling each other names and denigrating the methods,
> products, or philosophies of other people.
>
> The purpose of EDUCATION is to teach, not slam. If I am being called
> stupid, it is my responsibility to defend myself. If I want help, I'll ask
> for it.
>
> ON THE OTHER HAND, why is it so shameful to promote one's own wares? In
> spite of what we may think, we participate in this list for knowledge
> gathering, networking and support. If Gately is, in fact, selling
> something, I haven't seen it. I read one post, which provided an amusing
> depiction of a common failure of the system to put the right people in the
> right place. There was no mention of "buying" or "selling"
>
> The dialog referred to is a perfect example, imho, of just the sort of
> conflict that we, as students of management development (I refer to ALL OF
> US), need to overcome, and to be open to the ideas presented here and
> elsewhere.
>
> If we do not do this, we are simply re-living the closed-minded past that
> we always talk about as the bad 'ol days...
>
> OK, enough of that...
>
> Thanks for all the input...this has been quite a thought inspiring list.
>
> Michael.
>
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> | Michael Weisman |
> | Graduate Student |
> | University of South Florida |
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mweisman@packet.net |
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