What's an aspect of your job that college didn't prepare you for? (lemmy.world)

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[-] Jonamerica@kbin.social 53 points 11 months ago

How frequently business leaders will ignore advice from experts and "go with their gut" instead.

[-] slurpeesoforion@startrek.website 10 points 11 months ago

Business decisions based on feels rather than hard outcome data or cost analysis.

[-] blazeknave@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

*in spite of hard outcome data or cost analysis

[-] slurpeesoforion@startrek.website 2 points 11 months ago

Touché

[-] blazeknave@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Takes one to know one lol

I recently had an employee bring up a gripe half a dozen times over the last few wks. A disagreement over how we do something in our business process. I disagree emotionally bc "I've always done it that way, and I know and like that way." But I trust and care about him. So in front of the team, for whom he advocated, I explained how I felt, but that I was trusting them and to run with it.

[-] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

All the more reason to start replacing employees with AI starting at the top

[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 7 points 11 months ago

I have friends who work in data. The amount of stories I hear about well drawn up reports, forecasts, and estimates they give leaders to only be thrown out with leaders saying "yeah but I don't think this is right" is just astonishing.

There really is a generational divide. Older leaders just go off what they feel. millennials and younger want some facts to back up those decisions

[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 6 points 11 months ago

Look buddy this business is run on vibes and vibes alone

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