Social skills

December 17th, 2003

In this light, Richard Saunders is intriguing:
Fortunately, I've determined that competency is usually less important than social skills.
and a little farther up:
On a side note, I've discovered that personal productivity is less important in a corporate environment than asking questions that allow others to seem the expert. Today I asked my boss to explain something rather trivial. Once he explained it, he actually thought I was smarter for asking. Oddly, he actually got it wrong, but I'll keep that to myself.
It also seems that he tricks people in explaining him stuff by pretending he's a complete idiot. Now I think he's smarter than he believes he is, but of course, that might be a trick of his too.
Posted by tomklaasen Filed in Personal

1 Response to “Social skills”

  1. petern Says:
    April 21st, 2008 at 10:17 PM The good old 'Columbo' attitude. The most difficult thing about it is that you need the courage to put your ego completely aside. But it is an effective strategy.

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