Comments on: The Conspiracy Of Silence – how silence fails…and sometimes kills. http://www.emergencemarketing.com/2008/03/26/the-conspiracy-of-silence-how-silence-failsand-sometimes-kills/ Thoughts on marketing, innovation, social networking, new products and the impact of technology on all those thingies Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:38:54 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bailey WorkPlay :: The Alchemy Of Soulful Work | The Crucial Role Of The Agitator http://www.emergencemarketing.com/2008/03/26/the-conspiracy-of-silence-how-silence-failsand-sometimes-kills/comment-page-1/#comment-1054 Bailey WorkPlay :: The Alchemy Of Soulful Work | The Crucial Role Of The Agitator Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:58:08 +0000 http://www.emergencemarketing.com/2008/03/26/the-conspiracy-of-silence-how-silence-failsand-sometimes-kills/#comment-1054 [...] that should get you hot…and worried. Francois Gossieaux at Emergence Marketing offers a very powerful reminder of the price organizations pay by not honoring agitators. He writes: Most of us have been in organizations where it is politically unacceptable to speak [...] [...] that should get you hot…and worried. Francois Gossieaux at Emergence Marketing offers a very powerful reminder of the price organizations pay by not honoring agitators. He writes: Most of us have been in organizations where it is politically unacceptable to speak [...]

]]> By: Avoiding the Kitty Genovese syndrome in business. -- Hoover’s Business Insight Zone http://www.emergencemarketing.com/2008/03/26/the-conspiracy-of-silence-how-silence-failsand-sometimes-kills/comment-page-1/#comment-1039 Avoiding the Kitty Genovese syndrome in business. -- Hoover’s Business Insight Zone Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:00:16 +0000 http://www.emergencemarketing.com/2008/03/26/the-conspiracy-of-silence-how-silence-failsand-sometimes-kills/#comment-1039 [...] Usually I try not to think about gruesome things like Genovese’s untimely end, and I would never make a straight-up comparison between the frustrations we face in the workplace and the murder of an innocent woman. But I was reminded of Genovese and the bystander effect by a short, powerful item by Francois Gossieaux that I came across this morning.1 The Conspiracy Of Silence - how silence fails…and sometimes kills. [...] [...] Usually I try not to think about gruesome things like Genovese’s untimely end, and I would never make a straight-up comparison between the frustrations we face in the workplace and the murder of an innocent woman. But I was reminded of Genovese and the bystander effect by a short, powerful item by Francois Gossieaux that I came across this morning.1 The Conspiracy Of Silence – how silence fails…and sometimes kills. [...]

]]> By: Peter Buick http://www.emergencemarketing.com/2008/03/26/the-conspiracy-of-silence-how-silence-failsand-sometimes-kills/comment-page-1/#comment-1037 Peter Buick Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:32:59 +0000 http://www.emergencemarketing.com/2008/03/26/the-conspiracy-of-silence-how-silence-failsand-sometimes-kills/#comment-1037 That's a very timely article for this moment in my life. In the workplace, you can understand that nobody wants to rock the boat, as it may cause bad feeling or unpopularity. And nobody is perfect, so glass stones and all that. But the main problem with corporate silence is fear of being noticed and then being sacked. Many corporates try to lie as low as possible, so they go unnoticed as part of their strategy to outlive a 3~18 month sacking culture. Corporates run by financial officers, instead of CEOs, can not see the woods for the trees. Most modern corparates are about instant results and few invest in long term growth, or despite ISO9001, invest in people. Look at the rapid flow of staff at telecoms comapnaies like Vodafone. With several corporates it's new marketing staff every 3 months, as each seasonal campaign fails. Management are becoming conditioned that the only safe decision is someone elses and even then not to endorse or agree with anything, in case it fails. Nobody wants a culture of NO people. YES men, whilst positive, are equally useless. But the current culture of "MAYBE" people, is one that will bring most corporates to their knees within the next decade. And I can only say that because I am freelance ;-) Peter That’s a very timely article for this moment in my life.

In the workplace, you can understand that nobody wants to rock the boat, as it may cause bad feeling or unpopularity. And nobody is perfect, so glass stones and all that.

But the main problem with corporate silence is fear of being noticed and then being sacked.

Many corporates try to lie as low as possible, so they go unnoticed as part of their strategy to outlive a 3~18 month sacking culture. Corporates run by financial officers, instead of CEOs, can not see the woods for the trees.

Most modern corparates are about instant results and few invest in long term growth, or despite ISO9001, invest in people.

Look at the rapid flow of staff at telecoms comapnaies like Vodafone.

With several corporates it’s new marketing staff every 3 months, as each seasonal campaign fails.

Management are becoming conditioned that the only safe decision is someone elses and even then not to endorse or agree with anything, in case it fails.

Nobody wants a culture of NO people.
YES men, whilst positive, are equally useless.

But the current culture of “MAYBE” people, is one that will bring most corporates to their knees within the next decade.

And I can only say that because I am freelance ;-)

Peter

]]> By: Frank Martin http://www.emergencemarketing.com/2008/03/26/the-conspiracy-of-silence-how-silence-failsand-sometimes-kills/comment-page-1/#comment-1036 Frank Martin Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:20:28 +0000 http://www.emergencemarketing.com/2008/03/26/the-conspiracy-of-silence-how-silence-failsand-sometimes-kills/#comment-1036 This is fantastic stuff - and very true. If you think about it, silence when things are going wrong probably kills a lot of interpersonal relationships as well. Ours is a culture of the upbeat - of positive thinking - of accentuating the positive. Healthy organizations that I have seen will fight and scream and face conflict and problems wen they occur, not wait until the obstacle is almost insurmountable. This is fantastic stuff – and very true. If you think about it, silence when things are going wrong probably kills a lot of interpersonal relationships as well.

Ours is a culture of the upbeat – of positive thinking – of accentuating the positive. Healthy organizations that I have seen will fight and scream and face conflict and problems wen they occur, not wait until the obstacle is almost insurmountable.

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