IT World - Perception and Perspective
Personally speaking, I have little experience pertaining to changes one might experience in their IT career when it comes to employee-employee or employee-employer relationship. Be it any situation, keeping collaborations straight and believing in one team one goal, is what I cherish. But to get there, some small pschology tests are must . I know, this may not sound like an ideal IT environment, but I was fortunate enough to not only see it, experience it but also nurture it together with some old books.
With rapid technological advancement, introduction of methodologies and increasing zeal to grow further, we have led to the invention of diverse perceptions. Actually, these were already there but didn’t feel so diversified because of collaboration and the time and effort we put in to the relationship to grow and create confidence. To expect and accept the views is a matter of how much time and energy one invests in the other individual. It can be a harmful affair sometimes but worth going for.
Whenever I am about to form a new connection or re-establish an existing one, I always tend to follow a A-B-C strategy.
What is A-B-C? It is a chain of people I will be interacting with. Person-A interacting with person-B (newly introduced to person-A) and person-B interacting with group-C (familiar with person-A), Hereinafter I will be referring Person-A, person-B and group-C as A-B-C, simple to read and understand.
Strategy goes like this- considering myself as A, I share a neutral feedback of my own personality to B and then wait for the action from them. There are three possible outcomes:
- Either A is perceived as neutral and B is then inclined to give this collaboration some time and then act.
- Or B hastily concludes that this is an introvert behaviour and deduce negative inferences.
- The best case scenario is when B considers it as the beginning of a relationship and an opportunity for both individuals to trust and step forward for proper investment of time and actions.
Now, the second and crucial part of this establishment relies upon interaction of B and C, where the inferences are shared. Again, there are three possible outcomes-
- In a neutral case, B gains the knowledge of A and explores. This give A an opportunity to affirm on the positive side. In turn sharing neutral outcome of the experience with C, enabling them to stay with their perception about A.
- In the second case, B provides some divergent opinions about the former interaction to C and C is left to decide on their opinion about A and B. Chances are- C gets influenced by these divergent opinions and creates a loose end of the bond with A or stays firm with their own opinions and the bond reamins intact. Also, this gives C a good amount of time to get to the rudiments of B.
- And in the best-case scenario, everyone grows with the trust and no misleading associations.
In all the above cases, chances are that B achieves what is targeted but might lose a chance to create a bond to collaborate and become not just subordinate but partners with A and C. But who needs a family, right?! (that’s another story).
Time plays an important role in every relationship. Especially in the IT world where as individuals we grow in different environment and meet others coming from different cultures and perspectives. It is important to acknowledge that every individual possesses a unique style of collaborating and achieving goals. And this A-B-C philosophy has always helped me knowing it in a better way, without judging others but knowing their judgements and then deciding for future connotations.
Piece of suggestion-
Time is money- invest it on the right set of people. But in order to invest it right you need to give it time. Also, no investment is full proof unless you give it a chance- some might fail you right at the beginning, some midway, and some in the long run. But the gains are assured for lifetime.
Hope you were able to relate to at least some part of it. Read you soon. Till then happy reading!😊