[Sigia-l] Defusing Techies?

[Richard Hill]

[Forwarded bedcause of html for cmelchor at sapient.com .  Dick Hill]

| one of my students asked me for resources on how to negotiate / 
communicate with
| techies (his words). Apparently as a small independent he's finding that
| "the techies" are acting as a "firewall between the company and the 
consumer."

Two articles I've seen recently:

"There isn't a manager alive who doesn't have to deal with difficult 
employees. Our research indicates that leading the best and brightest 
workers-which we refer to as "Einsteins"-presents special challenges."

<http://www.darwinmag.com/read/060102/einsteins.html>http://www.darwinmag.com/read/060102/einsteins.html 


"THE FUNCTION OF TRIBES is survival. Historical accounts of tribes around 
the world indicate that members refer to the group as "the people;" by 
inference all others are not part of the people. If you want to 
successfully manage the programmers, IT workers and geeks (whom we 
designate Einsteins) in your company, it's important to keep this same line 
of reasoning firmly in mind."

<http://www.darwinmag.com/read/090102/tribe.html>http://www.darwinmag.com/read/090102/tribe.html 


Cheers,
Cinnamon

Cinnamon Melchor | Sapient Arlington
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