Tilting the platform
Posted Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:46:19 GMT
Ok, prepare for this, cause this is the most psychological I’ve ever been on this blog, but I am going to write it, just for the hell of it and because I keep seeing it in my real work life. Picture this: You and your girlfriend have lost/left your keys. You sit in front of your house. Imagine this exchange:
I can’t believe it’s happened again! We should leave a set of keys with our neighbour!
Yeah, but what happens if she’s away right when we lose our keys??
And you do nothing. This is unhelpful. You should have thought before having a girlfriend who starts most of her sentences with “But…” or even worse, “Yes, but…” And yet, it’s not her fault. She’s preserving the status. If you gave a key to your neighbour, this would tilt the relationship between you, your girlfriend and your neighbour.
Well, sadly, this happens a lot at work, and that’s why a lot of bad stuff (software, habits, mentalities, you name it) never changes. If you need to know more about this whole thing and how it works on psycho-level, read Impro for Storytellers by Keith Johnstone. It’s rather amazing and, in a bizarre way, explains a lot of the daily going-ons in a development team.
I'm agree with you, Impro for Storytellers is worth to read, and its really amazing :)