No.0104:Assessment
July 31,2022

I don't think there is anyone who is not concerned about what others think of them. If you are a working person, it can lead to an increase or decrease in your income, and it can affect your self-confidence. But it is a bit of a problem to get too caught up in it. Depending on the situation, you may or may not be appreciated for doing the same thing.
 
When organizational performance is manageable, obedient, cooperative people are valued. Any different person who tries to change things in a strange way will be beaten down. Since a winning pattern has been established, there is no need for extra effort. Just as the ironclad division of roles that has been inherited from one generation to the next over the years in government offices is eternal and immortal. Essentially, while we can afford it, we can strengthen our resistance against change by building in strengths for the future that are different from our current strengths....
 
On the other hand, in a pinch when the organization is not performing adequately, a different ability that does not exist in the current organization may be appreciated. We are already in a very dangerous situation, so we can't just keep on protecting the status quo. So let's bet on change! Something like that. However, I have a feeling that there are many regrettable cases in which people continue with their current ways even when they have reached a dangerous situation. Just like a frog that boils without noticing the slight increase in the level of hot water.
 
Another unfortunate habit of evaluation is that the whole is judged by only one part of the whole, as if one moment is all that matters. This is the halo effect, which makes people with outstanding abilities feel as if they are all-powerful. Just as the overwhelming strength of sports in communist countries once boosted their apparent national power.
 
Similarly, it is a pity that a little shortcoming can negate a person's entire personality. Especially when an organization is doing well, as mentioned above, people feel uncomfortable when a different person asserts a different opinion. In such a situation, people start looking for trivial mistakes, and finally, the person who is different is labeled as a nefarious person or totally incompetent, and different talents are crushed. Just like the regrettable situation when only a single negative sentence in a long speech is cut out and the context before and after is completely ignored, and a not necessarily bad speech is turned into a complete gaffe.
A different ability that was not initially assessed

A highly homogeneous group is fine when things are going well, but it lacks the ability to respond when something changes and the gears start to go haywire. Since there are only similar people in the group, when change and group compatibility do not match, the group is in danger. On the other hand, a group with diverse heterogeneity can adapt well to change by flexibly combining the talents of each individual in response to change. Therefore, a regular appropriate assessment of heterogeneity strengthens the long-term stability of the organization.
 
I am not comfortable in an environment where I am strangely required or evaluated to obediently follow the past. I would like to be in such an environment where each of us with different abilities can mutually recognize and complement each other to solve any current problems and keep a sense of tension. However, it is not easy to maintain the ability to be recognized. I hope I will manage to keep at it.
 
Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it.
Sir Winston Churchill