SHARE RISKY MEANING

Adding information to the pool of meaning can be quite difficult when the ideas we’re about to pour into the collective consciousness contain delicate, unattractive, or controversial opinions.

“I’m sorry, Marta, but people simply don’t like working with you. You’ve been asked to leave the special-projects team.”

It’s one thing to argue that your company needs to shift from green to red packaging; it’s quite another to tell a person that he or she is offensive or unlikable. When the topic turns from things to people, it’s always more difficult, and to nobody’s surprise, some people are better at it than others.

When it comes to sharing touchy information, the worst alternate between bluntly dumping their ideas into the pool ...

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