it's this very fact, that bucking the normative or bucking the convention within an organization is why I've always argued for "assholes" or disruptive types who can back up their attitude with what they can bring to the office.
People value cohesiveness, those who play ball. People will talk about the "constructive ways" to contribute but the reality is there becomes a lot of social and professional peer pressure to stay in line and often doing things hte "nice way" but continues the status quo and gets you ignored, overlooked, or worse - walked all over and ostracized. It takes someone not giving two shits, to change paradigms within a corporate culture.
That means people hard to get a long with. It means someone who more rigid and conservative management types don't want to tolerate. It means the "everyone holds hands and get along" leftist hipsters don't want to tolerate them.
Corporate culture enforces extreme compliancy to the group, in almost evey company.
People who play nice and are competent are necessary for smooth operations, but disruptive types who may even be accused of being "toxic" (as long as they have skillsets, judgement and insight) are also necessary. A company can't be filled wikth these types.
But filled with the polite hivemind? They're prone to stagnation.
People value cohesiveness, those who play ball. People will talk about the "constructive ways" to contribute but the reality is there becomes a lot of social and professional peer pressure to stay in line and often doing things hte "nice way" but continues the status quo and gets you ignored, overlooked, or worse - walked all over and ostracized. It takes someone not giving two shits, to change paradigms within a corporate culture.
That means people hard to get a long with. It means someone who more rigid and conservative management types don't want to tolerate. It means the "everyone holds hands and get along" leftist hipsters don't want to tolerate them.
Corporate culture enforces extreme compliancy to the group, in almost evey company.
People who play nice and are competent are necessary for smooth operations, but disruptive types who may even be accused of being "toxic" (as long as they have skillsets, judgement and insight) are also necessary. A company can't be filled wikth these types.
But filled with the polite hivemind? They're prone to stagnation.