Comments on: Red Ferrari http://zzeed.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/red-ferrari/ I don't have a clever punchline... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:52:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Wata http://zzeed.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/red-ferrari/#comment-2544 Wata Sat, 17 May 2008 00:20:39 +0000 http://zzeed.wordpress.com/?p=1089#comment-2544 Ah, talking to supervisors IS like signing a contract, you want a decision, you make an offer and the other party accepts. Without the paperwork, some people get 'selective amnesia,' i.e. they only remember what is in their interest to remember. I remember a superior who would forget (or feign to forget) his approval the day after. You learn to get them to sign memos/budget requests/recommendations the minute they say 'Yes.' <blockquote><em>yeah, I've seen this selective memory "strategy". Well... it may also be a side-effect of overloading. That's true. I've learned that - if the higher level folks disagree... sign on it. Capture something documentable. Even e-mail would do.</em></blockquote> Ah, talking to supervisors IS like signing a contract, you want a decision, you make an offer and the other party accepts. Without the paperwork, some people get ’selective amnesia,’ i.e. they only remember what is in their interest to remember. I remember a superior who would forget (or feign to forget) his approval the day after. You learn to get them to sign memos/budget requests/recommendations the minute they say ‘Yes.’

yeah, I’ve seen this selective memory “strategy”. Well… it may also be a side-effect of overloading. That’s true. I’ve learned that - if the higher level folks disagree… sign on it. Capture something documentable. Even e-mail would do.

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