OT - civility in a professional environment

[Laeeth Isharc via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Saturday, 20 June 2015 at 11:23:21 UTC, Kagamin wrote:
> Our management tries to apply best practices, it works most of 
> the time.

When you have sensitive, smart, and creative people, one should 
expect sometimes more sturm and drang - and the question is what 
one does with that energy once it has passed.  Actually, what the 
article didn't address is that there is sometimes a tradeoff 
between being 'nice' (a peculiarly Anglo thing, for which we have 
Cardinal Newman and his essay on the Gentleman to thank) and 
doing what's right for the situation - it's always much better, 
in my experience, to confront things.

I think the D community stands out for its civility and 
helpfulness (also for the fact that people have high standards 
and care about making sure things are up to scratch).

So I didn't intend by posting this to refer to anything recent on 
the forum.  It's just notably relevant to broader experience in 
many different office environments.

The newer title of the NYT article is better - this is more a 
symptom of distractedness, and less about bosses (who have a 
lonely, often verging on impossible job) - it applies to us all 
as human beings in 2015.