[Sigia-l] research: when is it enough?

[Ziya Oz]

"Lyle_Kantrovich at cargill.com" wrote:

> ... your opinion is valued above all others including seasoned business
> leaders with a track record of making businesses profitable (and who get paid
> 5 times what you do).

Somebody "with a track record of making businesses profitable (and who get
paid 5 times what I do)" would not be idiotic enough to hire me to give him
advice and then systematically ignore my counsel. Let me repeat that:
successful managers do not hire people whose professional opinion they
neither trust nor listen to. It'd be a waste of both their time and money.
If you find yourself constantly trying to justify what you propose to your
management by citing 'research' and what *others* say or have done, I
suggest you rethink your place and future in that organization: you're more
than expendable.

> Some of the greatest minds in history spent a lot of time doing research and
> learning from the research of others.

You can appreciate the difference between self-improvement and the *need* to
constantly cite 'research' to convince your management, can't you?

Now, if name calling makes you feel better about your own predicament, by
all means, go ahead. I'm an altruistic person, with a thick skin. But if you
want to directly address what I said:

>> So, it seems to me, the answer depends on the quality of the question and the
>> resources with which you can go after it. That is, you define the criteria
>> for satisfaction. When you're satisfied, the search is over.

be my guest.

Best,

Ziya