Nothing is harder work than democracy, I keep telling myself… But I’ll gladly bite my lip when I disagree with a judgment made by consensus, because I believe that unfettered democracy is much more important (and even more profitable in the long run) than prevailing over our managers in a way that takes you back to the days in which seesaws and sandboxes were important parts of the world.
Unfettered democracy can very easily be seen as â??design by committeeâ? and bring out flashbacks of the torture scene in the movie Hellraiser. But the big difference is letting disagreements happen. Being accepting of disagreement in the group is better than watering down every idea to the point of uselessness.
If everyone in your next meeting expects to leave the room happy with the idea, you should probably just call in sick.