20 'Rules for Radicals'

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Good point Jay Allain (earlier comment). You do the job required but that always aggravates someone somewhere and odds are they are your peers and / or superiors. The question of tomorrow is always who will watch for me once the thirst of the present responsibility is quenched (immediate boss moves on and someone you aggravated becomes your new boss) or needs a change of taste (internal move)?
I like the article; certainly very empowering!

rr dd 7:38PM November 24, 2010

Refreshing take on taking roads less traveled. However, there's an unaddressed clash today: Despite the critical need for fresh ideas (and the feisty little souls generating them), a general aura of timidity and fear can make even modest change agents today be cast as contemporary Che Guevaras and Abbie Hoffmans. Thus, while I found your affirmation of the thankless change agent world to be spot on, I fear it skirts this thorny issue I've raised. Put differently, how does one responsibly rock the boat while maintaining (or increasing) credibility and standing? Or are the two realms, change and good standing at work, mutually exclusive?
As someone who's been bounced from my jobs than I care to ponder, I think this is a fetile area for exploration. The website, United Professionals, seems to be dancing around it, too.
Fight the power.

jay allain of RI 2:18PM January 14, 2010

I like it.

glhoffman of MN 1:13PM November 04, 2009

"Rule 16: When confronted with "Well, that's how it is done around here," smile and say, "How's that been working out so far?""
- or you can say..."Im not from around here!"

Mihaly Foldes of CA 11:38AM November 04, 2009