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Ask Culture and Guess Culture (Found via Captain Awkward)

I think I'm guess by nature, but I can see how ask would be a good one to have a feel for, at least to pull out of my back pocket when I need it.

I'm not sure which model fits more at work — big-organization people, civil servants in particular reading this: what do you think?

Date: 2014-01-09 01:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ilanikhan.livejournal.com
I think I'm probably a convert. From Guess to Ask.
Tangerine makes a good point - the farther away you are from where you learned your Guess techniques, the less they'll work for you.
I am now an Ask person. Yes, there are rules in the Civil Service for what you can ask for and what you can't. I find those rules are all but implicitly stated regularly. Stay within those rules and ask away. I think the Guess culture at work is inappropriate- it will result in grumpy people (the ones not asking) and angry people (the ones who aren't being asked, because guessing does come off as Passive-Agressive).

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