Comments on: Innovation: Groups, Individuals & Perception

By: Mike B.

Mike B. — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 04:05:01 +0000

I noticed another correlation to your insights about dork-guy and the boss. In the movie “Office Space”, Peter and his friends are the typical dork-guys but after Peter goes to his interview he gets a promotion and transforms into a suited manager while his friends work towards their layoff. His delivery was everything to Bob and Bob while his friends’ expertise at their jobs meant nothing.

By: David Fiorito

David Fiorito — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 05:31:46 +0000

For me its about evaluating the potential to have an impact. As you know I decided to play a different game. I did so because I saw the rules in action and decided that they did not fit. Its alot like video games. Some folks love the whole Splinter Cell stealth type games and others prefer the Halo style FPS mayhem. It felt like I was the Master Chief from Halo trying to sneak around in powered armor in a stealth game.

The last year has been about self discovery. The treatment for ADD (both chemical and theraputic) have given me an insight that I have never had before. I discovered that I need to find place whose rules fit my style. The whole thing is to find a place place where your strengths are valued and your weaknesses are not exposed as a real handicap. To me its not about learning to play the game but deciding if its a game worth learning to play.

Why play a game that I suck at?

By: Antonella

Antonella — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 23:27:55 +0000

Perhaps you are partially right. Appearance is important in the business environment. But I suspect that social perception is much much more important than physical appearance. It’s an empirical matter, I suppose and we can run the experiment. Do you think people would listen to and agree more with the nicely dressed nobody or rather the casually dressed guy who has printed on his forehead “I’m your boss, I pay your salary, and I decide your destiny”?

Then there are those pieces of the physical appearance we don’t have any control over. CEOs tend to be taller than the average guy and are usually white males. There are exceptions, but this just tells us what people look for in a leader. So if you are a short black woman you’d better put a lot of starch in your immaculate white shirt collar.