hi all
it appears to me that we have increasingly turned this into a space to gripe. leading to a member wondering why anyone bothers to bring their website for review. is this the best we can do and be?
we are hostile to people's shortcomings; even pointing out member's spelling mistakes. we, and i include myself, have tended to be quick to cut each other down. (and while thinking about this, i realized the tone of a recent post could have been polite and will be sending an apology off list. or should i do this on list?)
what if our interest was to reach out as opposed to shoot down? is it possible to end this trend where members associated with particular organizations "lurk" on the list? can we reach out to industry players and say blog about whatever products they are bringing to the market having interviewed them? could we appreciate an idea and be understanding when its execution has hurdles?
i fear for as long we are outside looking in, what we take for influence is nothing but hubris.
a favorite TED talk is the Steve Jobs, 2005 Stanford Commencement Address, How to live before you die, http://goo.gl/aHefs (31MB). At the end he advices us to stay hungry, stay foolish. and that is a mantra we could do with as skunks.
-- age is an issue of mind over matter. if you don't mind, it doesn't matter
Hi all, I agree with Amanya & Agosta in principle and I think Skunkworks needs to be a place of brutal honesty with a redemptive window. By the time a skunk(ette) writes about their bad experience , it's a great window for the grieving party e.g. a service provider to get the brutal truth that if it was to go through their customer service department ,up to the HOD/Director, they would never get the honest truth. That means the aggrieved party needs to not just complain with bitterness, but t state the facts honestly ,but with respect. If you are on this list and your organization had been accused, don't just keep quiet, respond on skunk works and not just for PR but with getuine intrest and concern. For you the aggrieved party, once you are sorted, tell the skunks(ettes) that you have been sorted. If you have a though on what the wrongful party can do, just email them off/on list. Case in point, 2 days ago I wrote about my experience with Zuku internet and they responded. The Service delivery Manager called me and also the head of Customer service we spoke at length. The following day I was sorted. That was positive energy from the Skunks(ettes) army. Am only remaining with thanking the Zuku team on list for hearing my cry. Good day Kimani -----Original Message----- From: skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke [mailto:skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke] On Behalf Of Agosta Liko Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 7:02 AM To: Skunkworks Mailing List Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] what if? Amanya, This would be a very positive step ... Towards a building a community of peers or that of peer reviews and not "peer putdown" I would like to go further and request the organisers to consider having some monthly meetups ... Skunkworks used to have them ... Where we can all grow together Thanks Agosta Liko Founder @ www.verviant.com and www.pesapal.com On 8/4/11, amanya <whynnot@gmail.com> wrote: -
mark twain
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