Ya, as Kaul said, thanks for surfacing something so elusive. I remember that as part of feminism, and expanding consciousness, in the 1970s, someone wrote a business book "Games Your Mother Never Taught You," (an acquaintance wrote the author a fan letter). At that time someone else wrote a book with a sentence like, "Young people hear their parents talk about something called office politics but they don't get it."
Some culture things are not common sense: They remain elusive unless you figure it out on your own or someone tells you.
Thanks, Scott, for surfacing this topic. I’ve been going through a LinkedIn Learning course on “Navigating Organizational Politics as a Senior Leader,” and one idea that stayed with me was the concept of Political Quotient (PQ) — a measure of how well we use political intelligence to be effective at work.
Your explanation made me realize that what we often see as ‘politics’ is just another design challenge — one we have to map, test, and iterate on like any other.
Thanks for sharing the list of reflective Questions!
Ya, as Kaul said, thanks for surfacing something so elusive. I remember that as part of feminism, and expanding consciousness, in the 1970s, someone wrote a business book "Games Your Mother Never Taught You," (an acquaintance wrote the author a fan letter). At that time someone else wrote a book with a sentence like, "Young people hear their parents talk about something called office politics but they don't get it."
Some culture things are not common sense: They remain elusive unless you figure it out on your own or someone tells you.
Thanks, Scott, for surfacing this topic. I’ve been going through a LinkedIn Learning course on “Navigating Organizational Politics as a Senior Leader,” and one idea that stayed with me was the concept of Political Quotient (PQ) — a measure of how well we use political intelligence to be effective at work.
Your explanation made me realize that what we often see as ‘politics’ is just another design challenge — one we have to map, test, and iterate on like any other.
Thanks for sharing the list of reflective Questions!
Wow, I'm impressed! Never thought about it