"Larry Blanchard" wrote in message
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NetMax wrote:

As a designer,
I'm accustomed to the majority of my ideas being bad, impractical or
otherwise unworkable. From an engineering perspective, this
'scenario' offered some unconventional solutions for some conventional
problems.

I did some computer consulting with a company that had "brainstorming"
sessions. They finally gave up because the employees were too worried
about throwing out bad ideas and looking bad. I couldn't have cared
less and several of my ideas turned out to be at least partly useful.

Of course I was also the guy who, when I made a particularly dumb
mistake (they're all dumb when you catch them) would take a listing
around and show to everyone so they wouldn't make the same dumb
mistake.

The funny thing is, I wound up with quite a good reputation :-).

--
It's turtles, all the way down

I try to leave my ego somewhere else when I sit down to lurk the
newsgroups. It was the same thing in the brainstorming sessions. One
time I got invited into a session which I had absolutely nothing to do
with (and knew nothing about). When I balked, they said that my presence
had a good effect. I guess that means they needed someone to lower the
bar on how dumb an idea could be suggested ;~).
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www.NetMax.tk