Why Communicate When Nothing Happens
Subject: Management Paper 1
Not long ago, after consultations with others in an association I represent, I made a
partnership pitch to a different organization with similar interests. If the thought had been
accepted, it might have radically changed our organizations.
So, you'll imagine my impatience once I didn't hear back from the person to whom I'd
made the proposal. She had welcomed the thought, but a choice would be made by a council
within her organization.
Given the importance of the choice to their organization, I didn't expect a fast
response. But I might have liked a minimum of a call saying the council had accepted,
rejected, or was still considering the thought.
Then, I had a "Eureka" or even I should call it a "Whoops" moment. i noticed I hadn't
reported back to the people in my organization either. That made me guilty of an equivalent
lapse of communication because the lady within the other organization. thereupon
recognition, I made amends by sending out an email and followed up with a report at a
gathering.
In taking an analytical view of this incident, i noticed that nothing is often something
when it involves communication.
The idea that nothing is often something seems counter- intuitive. But, you'll
remember the famous Sherlock Holmes' observation about the dog didn't "> that did not bark
(the fictitious detective solved a baffling case by noting what did not happen, instead of what
did happen).
