Apparently, conventional wisdom has decided that if you don’t take action, you can’t be blamed for anything:
Sure, you’re about to hit an iceberg. However, if you try to steer the ship, and it ruptures, you’ll be at fault. If you hit the iceberg head on and your ship withstands the hit, you’ll have warded off disaster. If your ship starts going down, well, you can possibly pretend you were unaware of the problem. If you take action, you have to acknowledge the problem.
Why must departmental silos treat problems like toothaches: Because there’s a fear of going to the dentist, everyone waits until the tooth abscesses and a trip to the emergency room and an emergency extraction is needed. A little infection or cavity turned into a week-long course of top-tier antibiotics and a missing tooth.
Maybe everyone’s hoping they’ll be laid off before having to take responsibility for a problem. Â After all, being laid off assumes far less personal responsibility than possibly failing when attempting a fix.
Let’s all be powerless.
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