Learning and understanding

Ah... communication.  Something we all do everyday, so it's easy, right?  Well, here's what the people in Cubeyville have to say about that... I don't believe in doing active communication.  Communication in an organization doesn't need to be managed, it happens naturally and organically, so we don't need to plan or ensure that there are clear messages to be sent out.  Everyone just does it.  Why have a communications plan? It's not my job to communicate anything to anybody.  I don't need to tell anyone what I'm doing, it's my boss' job to pass on any relevant information about what I do to the rest of you.  Not that I let my boss know anything either. I'm not sharing my work output with any of you!  I'll quit before I hand over my work to anyone!  We've been working very hard to prepare this presentation on our project to tell everyone what this project is all about.  So we can get the buy-in and support of all the stak...

Some days, I tell you, it just doesn't pay to respond to the comments you hear!  So I just write them down! :) You never said that we needed to write out a communication plan.  I know it says here that communications are a part of the project, but you didn't tell me that we had to write it down for it to be done! Well, yes, that was due last week, but I didn't work on it because I was off for 2 days this week, and you didn't tell me that I needed to complete it before I left at the end of last week.  I see that it was due last week, yes, but you didn't tell me that. I know that I was the one who was looking after getting this organized, but you didn't tell me that I was supposed to actually do anything about it.  Public opinion?  I don't really want to know what the public thinks.  We'll just do something and they'll like it. Yes, yes.  I know.  It's urgent, they need it last week.  Very nice.  Tell them I said ...