(I want to say first that I’m not trying to invalidate your feelings or perspective or anything!)
This feels like the logical result of a society that statistically punishes creativity in most cases, and rewards pointlessly running on a stationary hamster wheel of emails, spreadsheets, and slideshows, that nobody with a pulse is actually going to read.
We all like to think we’re completely in control of ourselves, but most creatures of all kinds quickly get a sense for what produces a reward for less effort.
I think you’re absolutely right, but in our company this will turn out to be shortsighted. Because we would actually need some creativity to do better in order to save our jobs.
(I want to say first that I’m not trying to invalidate your feelings or perspective or anything!)
This feels like the logical result of a society that statistically punishes creativity in most cases, and rewards pointlessly running on a stationary hamster wheel of emails, spreadsheets, and slideshows, that nobody with a pulse is actually going to read.
We all like to think we’re completely in control of ourselves, but most creatures of all kinds quickly get a sense for what produces a reward for less effort.
I think you’re absolutely right, but in our company this will turn out to be shortsighted. Because we would actually need some creativity to do better in order to save our jobs.