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Often Learship / Management wants staff to "report" data. | Often Learship / Management wants staff to "report" data. | ||
Surveys, timesheets, self assessments. | Surveys, timesheets, self assessments. | ||
For staff that can feel | For staff that can feel like busy work, or boring paperwork. | ||
So had this idea of an | So had this idea of an agreement between staff and management: | ||
If you want me to do some data entry / reporting / survey then I want something in return. | If you want me to do some data entry / reporting / survey then I want something in return. | ||
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Often I get "resistance": | Often I get "resistance": | ||
* Something something privacy. | * Something something privacy. | ||
* It's not | * It's not important to you. | ||
Or some such "brush off". | Or some such "brush off". | ||
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* I find it interesting that leadership think they know what's important to me. Ego? | * I find it interesting that leadership think they know what's important to me. Ego? | ||
It's true for the most part staff don't care. But is that | It's true for the most part staff don't care. But is that because they don't care? or because they have just never had a reasonable, rational treatment of the data? | ||
If I'm a little worker bee, why do I need to know what he big picture is? | If I'm a little worker bee, why do I need to know what he big picture is? | ||
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Data can be dangerous, would you trust me with it? | Data can be dangerous, would you trust me with it? | ||
How does your | How does your managment team share data with you? | ||
I'm certainly a dangerous person to have on staff. I'll call it out. I'll be wrong. It can get ugly. | I'm certainly a dangerous person to have on staff. I'll call it out. I'll be wrong. It can get ugly. But we're in it together right? | ||
Revision as of 17:24, 31 July 2023
Often Learship / Management wants staff to "report" data.
Surveys, timesheets, self assessments.
For staff that can feel like busy work, or boring paperwork.
So had this idea of an agreement between staff and management:
If you want me to do some data entry / reporting / survey then I want something in return.
If I give you the data so that you can make a report, then the agreement would be that you _share_ that report back to the staff that entered it.
It seems only fair.
Often I get "resistance":
- Something something privacy.
- It's not important to you.
Or some such "brush off".
- No one has explained to me how there is a privacy leak with aggregate data. Gaslighting?
- I find it interesting that leadership think they know what's important to me. Ego?
It's true for the most part staff don't care. But is that because they don't care? or because they have just never had a reasonable, rational treatment of the data?
If I'm a little worker bee, why do I need to know what he big picture is?
Funny, leadership/management don't hesitate to tell me all about the big picture with their crafted messaging.
Opinion:
The truth is that reports from collected data tell use how things _really are_.
Most management want to get in-front of that. They want to control the view that staff have.
Three sins: Ego, Honesty, Trust.
Why is the view of things exclusively your domain? The truth you have alone in the dark with the data is very different than the truth you face in the sunlight, with your teammates. If you can't share that truth , are you being honest? Data can be dangerous, would you trust me with it?
How does your managment team share data with you?
I'm certainly a dangerous person to have on staff. I'll call it out. I'll be wrong. It can get ugly. But we're in it together right?
