Comments on: Just do it!

By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 04:17:35 +0000

Yup. Team members have different boundaries with each other than a manager outside the team. Power is a coercive force no matter how much trust or friendship exists. A manager needs to be conscious of that.

By: HL Arledge

HL Arledge — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:41:57 +0000

Ken, I think Luke hit the nail on the head. The perspective is very different outside than inside. I’m not saying this is any different than the point you were trying to make when you discussed the effect on the hearer. I just think it clarifies it well. The teams say different things to motivate each other, depending on personality type. In the end, it is the reading-between-the-lines that counts, knowing each other well enough to discern positive intent from negative intent. When I think about it, that’s part of what teamwork is all about.

By: Ken

Ken — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:26:10 +0000

“Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pith and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action” – Hamlet

By: Luke Melia

Luke Melia — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:05:06 +0000

If uttered to or about a team externally, I agree with your analysis of “Just do it.” From within team, though, “Just do it” can be a freeing reminder a la Nike to resist paralysis by analysis and learn by starting, by doing.